Using ideas presented in papers
Alan Kay
Alan.Kay at squeakland.org
Tue May 27 00:39:44 UTC 2003
I don't think you have infringed the patent. But now I'm not so sure.
I think there used to be a provision that individuals could make a
single version of anything for their own use (Andrew?).
I think that the patent stuff is supposed to prevent competition for
sale of ideas and technologies, but it doesn't prevent people making
onesies for themselves.
There is a different but related notion of "fair use" in copyright
law. One of the things that is most under attack right now is "fair
use" and what it means -- and indeed what patents and copyrights
actually mean these days.
Cheers,
Alan
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At 5:57 PM -0400 5/26/03, Rick McGeer wrote:
>Alan,
>Of course, one should always attribute. But there is another
>question here. Suppose somebody patents a structure or protocol
>without implementing it. I independently discover the thing, or
>something closely related, and implement it to see how it works in
>practice, how it fits with existing stuff, etc. In the tradition of
>scientific publication, I want not only to write up the results but
>also release the source so others can play with the idea,
>experiment, extend, etc. I've got no interest in selling the thing
>or exploiting it commercially. Question: have I infringed the
>patent, am I liable for damages, etc? It would be really nasty to
>get sued for writing a paper...
>Best,
>Rick.
>Alan Kay writes:
>>I don't think you do need the agreement. But it is the tradition of
>>science to always give attribution to the creators of the ideas. So
>>"use and attribute".
>>Cheers,
>>Alan
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>>At 7:08 PM +0200 5/25/03, Hans Nikolaus Beck wrote:
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>>>Hi,
>>>if I want to implement an algorithm or visualization technique in
>>>an open source project (in fact: squeak) which was presented in
>>>a public paper (in this case IEEE Computer Graphics &
>>>Visualization), do I need the agreement of the authors ? That's a
>>>question related to the current situation of software patents and
>>>copyright as given by law of USA. My feeling says: I need the
>>>agreement.
>>>Greetings
>>>
>>>Hans
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