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AlterEgo
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 Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 2:27 pm Post subject: Gentoo is in deep trouble? |
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24/10/2003
A small company was this week granted a US patent that its CEO says will be used to extract royalties of $10 to $25 for each time a new computer has software or other settings updated over the internet, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
Bluecurrent Inc.'s patent is for a "method and system for web-based asset management." Its patent claims appear to translate to the automatic installation and updating of computer software and settings over the web.
CEO Shawn Thomas told The WSJ that it plans to notify companies of potential infringement within 45 days.
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So, when will there be money wolves at the gates of Gentoo ? |
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mmealman
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The above patent is for updating your computer over the World Wide Web. Gentoo doesn't use www to update your computer, it uses other internet protocols.
MS uses WWW on it's update process though, so I'm sure they'll be a target for extortion. |
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AlterEgo
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We claim:
1. A method for asset management utilizing the World Wide Web, comprising:
Accessing the World Wide Web using a user's computer-related hardware device;
transferring information from said computer-related hardware device through said World Wide Web to a remote storage medium;
transferring said information from said remote storage medium to a new computer-related hardware device; and
using said information from said computer-related hardware device on said new computer-related hardware device to update said user's settings on said new computer-related hardware device.
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I'm not so sure about this 
Emerge sync; emerge -pu world; sounds pretty similar to me.
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magnet
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good 
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captnjameskirk
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Gentoo is fine. According to the abstract text of the patent itself:
| Quote: | | A technician accesses the World Wide Web through a user's computer. The information resident on the computer, including information regarding the computer and the user's preferences, are downloaded to a remote storage medium through the World Wide Web. Once downloaded, all information may be removed from the user's computer. Subsequently, the technician accesses another computer such as, for example, a new computer that has been assigned to the same user. The technician accesses the World Wide Web through the new computer and downloads the information previously stored on the remote storage medium. This information can then be used to install the user's prior applications, settings and preferences on the new computer. |
Basically, this is copying a user's setup on one computer to a new computer using a remote system and the WWW as the medium. That is not what emerge does at all. Gentoo's portage system is designed for updating the same computer. Read the abstract again if it's still not clear.
Also note that if the setup preferences are not uploaded to the remote server via the WWW, but are instead copied directly to the new computer before downloading the appropriate applications to acheive the same setup on the new computer, then the patent isn't violated.
And BTW, yes, I am a lawyer (going on 14 years now).
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totengraeber
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us madness ...
therefore many os-projects leaved US in the past ... |
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pjp
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Moved from Other Things Gentoo.
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Zeitgeist
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| we need a new patent office |
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avenj
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2003 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Patents are the most blatantly offensive form of intellectual property. |
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Nope
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This simply shows how stupid software patents are and how stupid the people are that want them.
This is soo ridiculous !!
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professorn
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Look at this one: MS Patent
It's totaly sick,
-Welcome to Microsofts Patent Division
-U guys ever heard of dynamic HTML? 
(Mod Edit: Changed your link to use the [ url= sematics to avoid the exterme page width by posting the link raw, ebrostig 10/24/03) |
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