> Hannu Krosing wrote:
> >
> > Have you found out _what_ exaclty is patented ?
> >
> > Is it just his concrete implementation of "UB-Tree" or something
> > broader, like using one multi-dimensional index instead of multiple
> > one-dimensional ones ?
(I know it is OT, please reply in private, I can summarize any reactions
to the list ...)
Patents are supposed to be only applicable to an industrial application
(with external side-effects). So ideas in themselves are not patentable.
Anyway, this is once more a good example of the danger of software patents
- you know what to reply when people say "software patents promote
innovation"
IANAL, just my 0,02 Euro.
see also : http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/savingeurope.html (also
interesting for non-europeans, of course !)
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