ok so then in the copyright let us see if can cover all variations of the original concept as belonging to the original author or author's as a test case for adaption and modificaiton to copyright law. I strongly believe in the protection of original idea's in reference to rfc's -Henry --- "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk> wrote:
one issue with that might be that the patents are taken out on variations of the core idea, imho the variations are not new ideas but legally they seem to get away with it
Steve
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Henry Linneweh wrote:
Well if it will harm the community, would it be possible to auto copyright rfc's, so that the authors of a concept can prevent someone from sipping their effort off?
Ignorance at the top doesn't mean we can't be like always leading the way......
-Henry
--- "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk> wrote:
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Petri Helenius wrote:
We have had running code for this since early
this
year, so depending on the
date they filed, prior art exists well documented. (blueprints obviously predate running code)
everyone has gone patent crazy, every time a new concept is developed some company applies for patent. is this the future or rfcs then?
Steve