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<LI><em>From</em>: Mik Clarke <<A HREF="mailto:mikclrk#attglobal,net">mikclrk#attglobal,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:43:36 +0000</LI>
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"Sellers, Michael" wrote:
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> But: I would not be surprised to see examples of bona fide advances in
> MMPOGs start to appear in patents.
So just be able to prove you published it first and thier patent will
be invalid (unless they cite you as prior-art). That's one of the
nice things about open source - you cannot patent something that has
been published.
Do we need a date-stamped archive for code bases?
Mik
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00068" HREF="msg00068.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Pueblo</A></strong>,
Willowreed <a href="mailto:Willowreed#aol,com">Willowreed#aol,com</a>, Fri 15 Oct 1999, 02:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00055" HREF="msg00055.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The Best Guy on the Mud Thing</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Thu 14 Oct 1999, 18:07 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00045" HREF="msg00045.html">[MUD-Dev] patents and muds</A></strong>,
Bruce Mitchener, Jr. <a href="mailto:bruce#puremagic,com">bruce#puremagic,com</a>, Thu 14 Oct 1999, 18:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00062" HREF="msg00062.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] patents and muds</A></strong>,
Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk#attglobal,net">mikclrk#attglobal,net</a>, Thu 14 Oct 1999, 21:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00063" HREF="msg00063.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] patents and muds</A></strong>,
Cynbe ru Taren <a href="mailto:cynbe#muq,org">cynbe#muq,org</a>, Thu 14 Oct 1999, 21:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00070" HREF="msg00070.html">[MUD-Dev] patents and muds</A></strong>,
Richard Bartle <a href="mailto:76703.3042#compuserve,com">76703.3042#compuserve,com</a>, Fri 15 Oct 1999, 17:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00072" HREF="msg00072.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] patents and muds</A></strong>,
Joe Andrieu <a href="mailto:joe#andrieu,net">joe#andrieu,net</a>, Fri 15 Oct 1999, 19:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00076" HREF="msg00076.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] patents and muds</A></strong>,
Scott Boding <a href="mailto:sboding#cybersource,com">sboding#cybersource,com</a>, Fri 15 Oct 1999, 20:39 GMT
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