From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jul 12 18:45:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA29059 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 18:45:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA29054 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 18:45:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA00572; Sun, 13 Jul 1997 11:15:21 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707130145.LAA00572@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: I2O only available under NDA? In-Reply-To: <199707121632.MAA04457@gatekeeper.itribe.net> from Jamie Bowden at "Jul 12, 97 12:31:57 pm" To: jamie@itribe.net (Jamie Bowden) Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 11:15:21 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jamie Bowden stands accused of saying: > On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > > > The representative's lame excuse regarding patents is bogus, by the way. > > > The patents apply only to the hardware, not software. > > > > Are you sure about this? It wouldn't surprise me if there are > > software patents involved as well, but I have no details. > > You can't patent software, only copyright it. You can patent ideas and > inventions. Uhh, you mean that the LPF has been completely successful and software patents are a thing of the past? This is news to me. > Jamie Bowden -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[