Mailinglist Archive: radeonhd (364 mails)

[Matthias Hopf <mhopf@xxxxxxx>]

On Mar 09, 09 21:04:44 +0300, Paul Fertser wrote:
> > No, but we only get sanitized docs, maybe a little bit more verbose, and
> > AMD isn't as sure about IP in the docs we get than in the public docs,
> > but they don't want to taint us (and we don't want to get tainted), so
> > it's still nontrivial.
>
> Not sure what Imaginary Property you are talking about. As far as i

Intellectual Property.

> understand there's no clear meaning in "IP" as it tends to be used
> everywhere for all kinds of completely different law tricks. Sometimes
> they talk about copyright and call it IP, sometimes they talk about
> usual ("hardware") patents and call it IP.
>
> Are you talking about software patents here? Does Novell really need
> to care about it as they're unenforceable in every sane jurisdiction?

I'm talking about all kinds of IP here. Patents, 3rd party code, own
business important knowledge, differentiation from competitors, NDAs
with technology owners, you name it.

With the opinion that they are unenforceable you are pretty much on
your own. The opposite is the case, even in Germany where we ought to
not have software patents, but do have.

Matthias

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