[IP] more on Kodak wins Java lawsuit
Begin forwarded message:
From: Brett Glass <brett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 3, 2004 5:59:40 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx, Ip <ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] Kodak wins Java lawsuit
Dave:
If Java infringes upon Kodak's patents (which formerly belonged to
Wang),
what about any other object-oriented language with late binding, such
as Object REXX, Objective-C, or even Visual BASIC? What about
object-oriented extensions of any other language with late binding,
including (for example) Perl?
What about distributed object models such as CORBA, DCOM, or SOAP?
And wasn't much of the technology described in the patents implemented
in Smalltalk, which was developed more than 20 years ago?
I'm an advocate of patents -- even software patents -- that cover true
innovations. But if these patents are allowed to stand, they could
inhibit
the use of technologies which clearly pre-date them.
See the patents at
http://tinyurl.com/2vfwt
http://tinyurl.com/yvlow
and
http://tinyurl.com/324bp
--Brett Glass
At 01:50 PM 10/3/2004, David Farber wrote:
My only opinion of that court ruling would most likely find me in
contempt. djf
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