Comments on: Ubuntu Tweaks Patent Policy, Microsoft Has “Intellectual Property Group”, Twitter Faces Lawsuit, and Google Handles Video Patents

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:02:09 +0000

Well, On2 was the developer of the VP3 codec that Ogg Theora was based on. They have since developed newer codecs such as VP8.

By: aeshna23

aeshna23 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:27:08 +0000

Alone among spectator sports, Major League Baseball has a presumed exception from anti-trust laws. I would be surprised to learn that this exception is not related to why the Microsoft’s Intellectual Property Group was inspired by a book on baseball.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:27:16 +0000

For the record, In Re Bilski is already killing software patents that are properly challenged in court.

By: Needs Sunlight

Needs Sunlight — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:14:01 +0000

The policy talks about what the Ubuntu Technical Committee might do about possible patents. What will it do about crap, unreliable technology like Mono? The Ubuntu leadership have been asleep at the switch and letting the Mono rot try to displace python, java and others.

By: twitter

twitter — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:09:10 +0000

The math of patent valuation: The value of patents, as Biski is enforced, goes to zero. The State Street decision was a short lived mistake. It’s for people to quit pretending otherwise.