pcplantdb

[Richard Morris <webmaster@pfaf.org>]

Stephanie Gerson wrote:

> What does this mean for PIW?  Could we use this to our advantage in grant
> proposals - making this free/open source before it gets patented?  (Can you
> tell what's on my mind, hehe)
> *s
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: 06:46 AM PST, 03/21/2005
> From: Chad Knepp <pyg@galatea.org>
> To: pcplantdb@lists.ibiblio.org, piw@lists.ibiblion.orgCc: 
> Subject: [pcplantdb] Ugh, more nasty patents
>
> As near as I can tell, Amazon is trying to patent what PIW more or
> less is going to do.  Specifically they are trying to patent the
> "Personalized selection and display of user-supplied content to
> enhance browsing of electronic catalogs"
>
> Currently on the front page of slashdot:
> <http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/21/1215224&tid=155&tid=1>
I'd not worry about this. There are plenty of other big sites about this 
pattent would affect. I'm sure we would get a lot of support if
things came to a head.

They are still 'trying to patent' i.e. its not patented yet.
Plus its not a catalogue, were not trying to sell anything.

Its a friviolous pattent.

Rich