[Python-Dev] Re: Recent IBM Patent releases (original) (raw)

Scott David Daniels Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org
Wed Jan 12 19:13:12 CET 2005


Skip Montanaro wrote:

Who is going to decide if a particular library would be affected by one or more of the 500 patents IBM released?

Skip

I am thinking more along the lines of, "our policy on accepting new code [will/will not] be to allow new submissions which use some of that patented code." I believe our current policy is that the author warrants that the code is his/her own work and not encumbered by any patent.

-- Scott David Daniels Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org



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