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<H1>[Mono-list] Re: [DotGNU]Re: Collaboration on alternatives to the
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<B>Rhys Weatherley
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<I>Sun, 12 Oct 2003 11:32:35 +1000</I>
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<PRE>On Sunday 12 October 2003 09:58 am, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
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><i> If you did such a careful study with your lawyer, would you mind
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</I>><i> publishing it so others can review it?
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And I suppose you would just turn over internal Ximian/Novell legal advice and
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developer discussions should I ask for it? Nice try to avoid the apology.
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Anyway, from the USPTO's guidelines on patentability [1]:
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The subject matter sought to be patented must be sufficiently different
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from what has been used or described before that it may be said to be
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nonobvious to a person having ordinary skill in the area of technology
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related to the invention. For example, the substitution of one material
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for another, or changes in size, are ordinarily not patentable.
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The last sentence is the important one: "the substitution of one material for
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another". Changing C++ in MFC into C# in Windows.Forms would seem to be
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little more than a change in "material".
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Of course, we could be wrong - anything could happen once the C&D's start
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flying. Hence the hedge-betting on Qt# and Gtk#.
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I (still) await your apology. Accusing us of being deceptive, and then asking
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that we prove your own accusation, is quite offensive. And needless to say,
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uncooperative.
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Cheers,
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Rhys.
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[1] <A HREF="http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#novelty">http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#novelty</A>
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