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Goswin von Brederlow

2005-07-06, 5:53 pm

Rich Walker <rw@shadow.org.uk> writes:

> Stephen Birch <sgbirch@imsmail.org> writes:
>
>
> Note that this particular patent is:
> EP Status: Granted. Within 9 month opposition window
>
> So if you have *proof of prior art* you can oppose the patent grant
>
> In practical terms, this means someone who can "prove" that the Debian
> Packaging system does this. Which probably means an Official
> Debian Person sending the letter, with dates of when the technology was
> introduced into Debian, and perhaps extracts from the Packaging Manuals
> of the period to show this.
>
> cheers, Rich.


Would that mean Debian gets ownership of the patent then and Sun would
have to pay us?

MfG
Goswin


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