From brian@unearthed.com Wed Aug 28 10:56:21 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.netnoteinc.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C9E044156 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 05:56:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from phobos [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:56:15 +0100 (IST) Received: from mx-out.daemonmail.net (mx-out.daemonmail.net [216.104.160.37]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7RIteZ21552 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 19:55:41 +0100 Received: from mx0.emailqueue.net (localhost.daemonmail.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx-out.daemonmail.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA11209; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:55:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@unearthed.com) Received: from brianmay (brianmay [64.52.135.194]) by mail.unearthed.com with ESMTP id bu207z82 Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:55:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <001101c24dfb$61b7a2f0$8801020a@brianmay> From: "Brian May" To: "Justin Mason" , "Jason R. Mastaler" Cc: , References: <20020827144541.3236B43F99@phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com> Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Re: patent on TMDA-like system Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:55:58 -0700 Organization: UnEarthed.Com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Pyzor: Reported 0 times. X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.1 required=7.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,FORGED_RCVD_TRAIL,FOR_FREE,NOSPAM_INC, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_02_03, USER_AGENT_OE version=2.40-cvs X-Spam-Level: >>From tmda.net/history.html: The first release of TMDA in April 2001 was essentially a rewrite of TMS in Python, April 2001 is earlier than July 26, 2001... prior art.. from http://tmda.net/releases/old/ Parent Directory 19-Aug-2002 16:14 - README.MD5SUM 19-Aug-2002 16:14 4k tmda-0.01.tgz 22-Apr-2001 15:59 11k tmda-0.02.tgz 26-Apr-2001 12:06 12k tmda-0.02.txt 26-Apr-2001 12:50 1k tmda-0.10.tgz 27-Apr-2001 21:14 39k tmda-0.10.txt 30-Apr-2001 11:36 3k tmda-0.11.tgz 02-May-2001 17:17 38k tmda-0.11.txt 02-May-2001 17:06 3k tmda-0.12.tgz 10-May-2001 19:50 39k tmda-0.12.txt 10-May-2001 19:48 1k tmda-0.13.tgz 17-May-2001 15:53 39k tmda-0.13.txt 17-May-2001 15:57 2k tmda-0.14.tgz 24-May-2001 16:43 46k tmda-0.14.txt 24-May-2001 16:40 4k tmda-0.15.tgz 28-May-2001 15:20 47k tmda-0.15.txt 28-May-2001 15:20 1k tmda-0.20.tgz 06-Jun-2001 17:52 49k tmda-0.20.txt 06-Jun-2001 18:46 6k tmda-0.21.tgz 18-Jun-2001 18:32 51k tmda-0.21.txt 18-Jun-2001 18:31 2k TMDA was already at 0.21 8 days before filing for a patent.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason R. Mastaler" To: "Justin Mason" Cc: ; Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: [SAtalk] Re: patent on TMDA-like system jm@jmason.org (Justin Mason) writes: > Sounds a lot like TMDA to me. :( Filing date is July 26, 2001, > granted May 16, 2002. > > TMDAers, have you seen this before? No, but thanks for pointing it out. > I'd presume TMDA is prior art, but still, it could be troublesome... Yup. TMDA's core functionality was fully established before even the filing date. Anyone with experience in this area have a recommendation on whether this should be pursued or not? ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list Spamassassin-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk