Don't worry ;-), having paid out for BromCom software you're licenced to use your own working solution over a wireless network. I'm sure that's a load off your mind... -----Original Message----- From: aeh1962 To: Chris Puttick Cc: 'suse-linux-uk-schools@suse.com' Sent: 2/20/02 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Wireless networks Hi all So, as a Bromcom user who has recently installed a small wireless network (using netgear components) to give access from our demountable huts to the school network, which also happens to be used for registering pupils using bromcoms winfolder software, am I infringing a patent? Interesting, who patented wireless ethernet technology - not frontline and not bromcom thats for sure! Secondly, did frontline patent a system that is slightly more effective at data transfer tha a damp piece of string? because that's how effective our bromcom system is...... As far as I can see using my home designed database to gather pupil data via an ethernet wireless network is not infringing thier patents - at the very least my system does work and not fall flat on it's backside when more than two people try to use it! is it me or is the world going round the bend (maybe frontline are 'flushed' with thier success?)..... Alan Chris Puttick wrote:

It may interest you all to know that under the BromCom (sorry, Frontline Technology) patent, you will now be asked to pay licence fees if your school uses wireless networks to access student data: My favourite quote from their FAQ is the one about if you use a spreadsheet saved over wireless to collect student grades you should pay licence fees...

See www.frontline-technology.com for more info. If you have good press contacts, connections with networking companies or lawyer friends, let them know. I for one do not appreciate being told I can't use a wireless network (in my house, school, company...) and look at information about students I'm otherwise legally entitled to without paying someone money.

Regards

Chris Puttick