[Fwd: [wmlprogramming] Re: Geoworks WAP Patent]

[Wong Kok Wai <wo...@pacific.net.sg>]

Just wondering: does this patent affects the WML formatter?

Gus wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 iand@wapaw.com wrote:
>
> > This ought to be of interest to anyone developing any WAP related
> > business or service:
> >
> > Geoworks Announces Intellectual Property Rights
> > Position on WAP and Initiates Licensing Program
> > (http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000119/ca_geowork_1.html)
>
> Bah! Bloody US patent office.
>
> "In certain cases, an end user will load the WML applications onto his
> mobile device. This would constitute direct infringement of the Geoworks
> patent."
>
> So, it would appear that using WML as an end-user, as well as every other
> part of the WAP-site creation process is covered by this patent, if the
> "do" element is used.
>
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Re: [Fwd: [wmlprogramming] Re: Geoworks WAP Patent]

[Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>]

Wong Kok Wai wrote:
> 
> Just wondering: does this patent affects the WML formatter?

Hmmm, let me imagine the newspaper's titles: 

               "H2O Inc. patents water"

"A representative of their marketing office said: since we understand
that humans are mostly composed by water, we have created reasonable
licensing programs that allow you to avoid the painful transition to
methane-based alcaloids to replace water in your body".

...

In a word: I don't give a shit!

And I hopte to see the day where Geoworks representatives (or Yahoo's...
name the company that filed patents on everyday programming practices)
come to the ASF asking for money. That'd be fun to watch :)

-- 
Stefano Mazzocchi      One must still have chaos in oneself to be
                          able to give birth to a dancing star.
<st...@apache.org>                             Friedrich Nietzsche
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