Re: Morality and Pirated Software

I am planning to soon take out a patent. It is a method of eating that, 
while I didn't develop, belongs to me. It involves three main "utensils". 
One that has a number of prongs that I am going to call a "fork", a second 
that is a small ladle which I call a "spoon, and the last, which has a 
sharp edge on one side that I call a "knife".

I plan to avidly pursue anyone who uses this method of food consumption 
without  my granting them a licence. If you don't want to get in some 
really hot water, send me .05 cents any time that you use these implements. 
(I am going to be so rich!!!)      >:D

Thomas
     mailto:trumley(at)softhome.net
     http://aboveboardlinks.com

At 07:21 PM 7/23/2002, you wrote:
>http://news.com.com/2100-1001-945686.html?tag=fd_lede
>
>---
>A small videoconferencing  company (Forgent) is laying a patent claim to
>the ubiquitous JPEG format.
>
>Forgent has a wide swath of the Internet in its sights, as it will
>consider any company that doesn't pay to use JPEG a pirate.
>---
>
>So, it probaly looks like everyone who is creating JPEG's is probably a
>pirate, and we did not even know it (at least according to this company)
>

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