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Date:      Sat, 12 Jul 1997 12:31:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I2O only available under NDA?
Message-ID:  <199707121632.MAA04457@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
In-Reply-To: <199707120158.LAA27327@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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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.

Jamie Bowden

System Administrator, iTRiBE.net




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