Re: on forming a new Linux Distributionx
- To: "Rev. Joseph Carter" <knghtbrd@earthlink.net>
- Cc: Debian Development <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>
- Subject: Re: on forming a new Linux Distributionx
- From: Raja R Harinath <harinath@cs.umn.edu>
- Date: 08 May 1998 14:50:35 -0500
- Message-id: <[🔎] d9af8ssfsk.fsf@sejong.cs.umn.edu>
- In-reply-to: "Rev. Joseph Carter"'s message of "Thu, 30 Apr 1998 23:53:36 +0000"
- References: <m0yUjfS-000Dd3C@golem.pixar.com> <199804300740.JAA07557@gauss.topsystem.de> <m0yUy7u-000Dd3C@golem.pixar.com> <19980430224527.D25416@earthlink.net> <19980430185543.J21029@test.legislate.com> <19980430235336.K25416@earthlink.net>
"Rev. Joseph Carter" <knghtbrd@earthlink.net> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 06:55:43PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> > > You think nobody is going to try and snatch it then?
> >
> > Er.. how do you snatch an expired patent?
>
> Reregistration?
Prior art
Since there is documentary evidence that the particular idea existed at
least for 20 years (it was a patent, no less), how can someone else
come along and claim it as a new invention?
- Hari
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