Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 May 1999 01:48:45 +0200 (CEST) | From | Peter Svensson <> | Subject | Re: Annoying GPL issues |
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On Mon, 24 May 1999, Dave Cinege wrote:
> #2 All patents are public to begin with, and the whole point to a patent > is to afford them this protection.
Perhaps they have patents yet to be filed? It is quote common to ship products incorporating patentable solutions before all the applications are submitted since it takes quite a while to prepare the documents for submission. OTOH I don't know how long they have used that particular excuse.
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