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- From: jagrizza@uncc.edu (James A Grizzard)
- Subject: Re: XPR-Bidirectional
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- References: <1992Nov19.182927.21976@freenet.carleton.ca>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:55:14 GMT
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- In article 21976@freenet.carleton.ca, aa302@Freenet.carleton.ca (Russell McOrmond) writes:
- >
- >In a previous article, jagrizza@uncc.edu (James A Grizzard) says:
- >>>Bi-modem isn't so complex. The problem is that the author of Bi-modem has
- >>>copyrighted the protocol, and if someone were to write a compatible Amiga
- >
- >>why??? if someone writes some code, and doesn't use the original bi-modem author's
- >>code, how can that be violation of copyright?
- >
- > Let's clear some of this up once and for all.
- >
- > a) Yes, the word 'copyright' was not appropriate, and a patent on the
- >protocol would be more appropriate.
- > b) The patent on this protocol is NOT in the public domain. I do not at
- >this point know WHERE it is, but this fact alone (That I don't know where
- >it is) makes Bi-modem a non-issue.
- >
- [...]
- >
- > The statement is this *WHY BOTHER*!! I can't see that any single protocol
- >implementation is worth the possible legal hassles if the specifications
- >are not already released to the public domain. It would be much easier for
- >someone like myself or others to start from scratch and make sure that the
- >protocol is released to the public domain so that someone can't try to
- >screw everyone over.
-
- but is it pattented?? there's a *BIG* difference between a copyright and a patent.
-
- If this is patented, why didn't the company just patent the whole idea of
- bi-directional transfers, to make things like hs/link, etc,, never have come around..
-
- I don't think bimodem is patented... copyrighted, yes, but that doesn't prevent
- reverse engineering, and the like....
-