[Ffmpeg-devel] [OT] patent madness

François Revol revol
Tue Nov 8 20:40:00 CET 2005


> In case anyone had missed it, check US patent application 
> 20050244804.
> Abstract follows.  I say it's scary.
> 
>     Process of relaying a story having a unique plot 
> 
>     A process of relaying a story having a timeline and a unique plot
>     involving characters comprises: indicating a character's desire 
> at
>     a first time in the timeline for at least one of the following: 
> a)
>     to remain asleep or unconscious until a particular event occurs;
>     and b) to forget or be substantially unable to recall
>     substantially all events during the time period from the first
>     time until a particular event occurs; indicating the character's
>     substantial inability at a time after the occurrence of the
>     particular event to recall substantially all events during the
>     time period from the first time to the occurrence of the
>     particular event; and indicating that during the time period the
>     character was an active participant in a plurality of events.

they should first patent the process of understanding such a convoluted 
description...

int fd = open("/dev/matrix", O_RDWR);
ioctl(fd, IOCMBIGBANG, NULL, 0);

/me takes the red pill

Fran?ois.





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