I joined this community many years ago to learn about GRID computing when I was studying biology and the Linux file system, with future goals to write interesting open source programs. It's the future and I just hit a wall in the design process of writing code for my study. This problem is related to the boring world of business and IP patents. I like patents, but lately I wonder... <br>
<br>RE: "...<span class="articleText">Worlds.com filed a lawsuit Dec. 24 against
NCSoft in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,
Tyler Division, for violating patent 7181690. The patent is described
as a method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space through
avatars."<br><br>Online read on patents:<br><a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=wv5-AAAAEBAJ&dq=7,181,690">http://www.google.com/patents?id=wv5-AAAAEBAJ&dq=7,181,690</a><br><br><a href="http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=BYoGAAAAEBAJ&dq=6,219,045">http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=BYoGAAAAEBAJ&dq=6,219,045</a></span><br>
<br>Can someone help me to better understand how these patents interact with the open source bazaar method of programing, Linux, the law, GIS systems with meta data that is essentially 3-D access for a user's avatar, etc? I am having flow chart issues that are not flowing... and I am now back to the world of research (patents) when I would rather be writing and compiling software.<br>
<br>-- <br>Jeremy Baker<br>PO 297<br>Johnson, VT<br>05656<br>