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Another, Equally interesting avenue would be to have the GPL/Free software community file for patents and place them into the custody of the FSF or some other appropriate body. I used to not favour such an approach, but as I get increasingly concerned about the patent mess, I am starting to think such an effort would be worth while. The difficult issue is to find a way to fund the activity. -Dennis Tim O'Reilly wrote: > > Ooh...sounds like a clever idea! Can I forward this message to slashdot > and to Dave Farber's IP list to get the idea out more widely? > > Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: > > > > One very interesting point was brought up in this debate I had not seen before: > > > > Patent filers have an affirmative obligation to disclose all prior > > art of which they are aware, and FAILING TO DO SO IS A CRIMINAL > > OFFENSE. > > > > What if we were to respond to patents for which there is no prior art > > by sending the filers (not the Patent Office) information about prior > > art by both email and registered mail? They would then be obligated > > to take note of this work in their patent application, and failing to > > do so would be grounds for both invalidating the patent and criminal > > prosecution. Thoughts? > > > > +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ > > | Elliotte Rusty Harold | elharo@m... | Writer/Programmer | > > +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ > > | The XML Bible (IDG Books, 1999) | > > | http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/books/bible/ | > > | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0764532367/cafeaulaitA/ | > > +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ > > | Read Cafe au Lait for Java News: http://metalab.unc.edu/javafaq/ | > > | Read Cafe con Leche for XML News: http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/ | > > +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ > > -- > Tim O'Reilly @ O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. > 101 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA 95472 > +1 707-829-0515, FAX +1 707-829-0104 > tim@o..., http://www.oreilly.com > > *************************************************************************** > This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. > To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev > List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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