Beware.. Question : if we (open source users/developpers) are using some information obtained from patents (not the complete patent but just some information as is the case here..), are we exposing to lawsuits of "patent infringement" if the patent holder is not open source friendly? Just my 2 euro-cents.. Florentin
Quoting Joseph Smith joe@settoplinux.org:
I've been making some funny observations lately, and I thought I would share. It is funny how Intel tries to keep of things secret, but on the same hand they go crazy patenting everything they get their hands on. I bet if you add up a the companies by patent, Intel would win by far. Anyways I find this funny because patents are public records. Very dry reading but helps alot. Lately I have been finding more info on patents than datasheets. How sad is that.
Anyways I have discovered through patents the correct way to calculate the Buffer Strength on Intel i8xx chipsets. Patch is coming soon.
-- Thanks, Joseph Smith Set-Top-Linux www.settoplinux.org
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