Re: patents?

[Bernie Thompson <http://www.cosource.com/~bernie>]

Hi Robert,

We put the onus on the developer in our legal agreements -- they know
their own code.  And we don't gain any ownership or special rights to
the software, because we're just a broker -- the code continues to be
owned by the developer (although it's license is GPL or whatever).  

Cheers,
Bernie Thompson
Cosource.com

robert wrote:
> 
> I read your article in LJ Aug '99.  Very intriguing.
> 
> As part of CoSource's services, do you also filter for patents?  That is,
> do you assure that the developer is not using a patented algorithm in his
> code before the code is finalized?  Or is that up to the authority?
> 
> I'm just curious about this...
> 
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