On 10/10/05, Ben <
bench@...> wrote:
> The short version is that I think that the algorithm used by fdmf is a
> viable replacement for TRMs. As for the details..... well that's the long
> version. :)
Excellent report, Ben. Thanks for doing this.
I'd definitely be interested in running your scripts here and doing
some comparisons.
> - Free.
> - Open source?
> YES - the code is GPL'd. Does that mean it's patent-free? Hell if I know.
> I'm no lawyer, but I suspect at the very least it means we'd have plausible
> protection to not get sued before a cease and desist was issued.
I think the patent issue may be a big problem here -- It would suck to
implement this, run it for a week/a month/a year/a decade then have
someone come at MB with a raft of lawyers.
A quick Google for pro-bono patent lawyer turned up this site:
http://www.pubpat.org/. I wonder if they'd be willing to help run
patent searches on MB's behoof.
Rod.
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