I would imagine the members of the Fedora-Legal mailing list would be of more assistance in this topic area. -Adam On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:40:40PM +0900, robert song wrote: >>Hello, everyone. >>Now I am using Pettis-Hansen method as follows to reorder functions. >>http://www.cs.virginia.edu/kim/courses/cs771/papers/pettis90profile.pdf >> >>But I found that the algorithm has its patent as below. >>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0459192.html >> >>So if I use this algorithm in my codes, it will infringe the HP patent. >>Does it mean that this algorithm can not be used in codes ? >>Is there any method to deal with this problem ? > > You should contact a lawyer about this. Asking on this list is both > off-topic and probably not a good idea since you're seeking the > equivalent of legal advice and most people here are not lawyers. > > josh > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- http://maxamillion.googlepages.com --------------------------------------------------------- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
