[NUUG patent] Tandberg prøver å patentere Open Source kode o_O
Salve J Nilsen
sjn at pvv.org
Fri Nov 26 18:06:53 CET 2010
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/26/1319239/Tandberg-Attempts-To-Patent-Open-Source-Code
"As if the current situation with software patents wasn't bad
enough, it appears a new phenomenon is emerging: companies are
watching the commit logs of open source projects for ideas to
patent. In this case, Tandberg filed a patent that was step-by-step
identical to an algorithm developed by the x264 project — a mere two
months after the original commit. The particular algorithm is a
useful performance optimization in a wide variety of video encoders,
including Theora."
http://x264dev.multimedia.cx/archives/589
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2010077148&IA=NO2009000447&DISPLAY=CLAIMS
wtf?
- Salve
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