On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 15:17 +0000, Free Gamer wrote: > It's ridiculous that you can patent a gameplay style. In any other > western country that patent would not be granted. > > Not abusing trademarks is one thing, but being forced to tip toe > around issues like incredulous patents is a slap in the face. So, > only that company is allowed to make that type of game, a style that's > been around for decades before them? Yes, I agree, it is ridiculous. However, these are the times in which we live, and Red Hat has decided to not take a risk around this patent set. The owner of this particular patent is aggressively licensing it to other people, so they see a huge value in it, and would likely go out of their way to defend its use (especially against an entity with plenty of money in the bank). ~spot _______________________________________________ Fedora-games-list mailing list Fedora-games-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-games-list
