The Penguin Machine Re: Debian for kids
On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 05:58:58PM +0000, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> I took a peek at The Penguin Machine, which I discovered from browsing
> thru the SEUL/edu archives today, and am delighted with the concept. I do
> have concerns, however, regarding the US patent referred to at the bottom
> of the page at tpm.seul.org. Even though TPM was developed in Australia,
> would distribution of this program in the US (or export of the program
> from within the US) put Debian at risk of legal action by the patent
> holders?
Yes. Cf. the RSA code, the mp3 code, and the LZW code.
--
David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org
Only a nerd would worry about wrong parentheses with
square brackets. But that's what mathematicians are.
-- Dr. Burchard, math professor at OSU
Reply to: