On 08/01/2007, at 9:01 AM, Winston MacKelvie wrote:
> Two points:
> Here in Canada one must 'work' a patent or else someone can legally
> demand a license to it which our gov't will oversee.
> One purpose of patents is to stimulate improvements to the invention
> thus forever making everything better.
> I vote for the rewrite, especially if the driver is based on open-
> source.
From what I recall, it's based on open source linux drivers, so there
are ethics issues as to how it was sold in the first place.
Regards,
- Adam Goddard
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