>This below is sad reading, especially considering that ptpd was part
>of the plan for a cross-system livecoding sync.
This is sad news. I've had a look into the details a bit, but I can't
find the patent related information.
> Relatedly I just
>learned that ChucK as well as PD have commercial iphone ports (rjdj
>and smule), so I guess neither can accept patches to their GPLd code
>without forking (although PD is mostly BSD, I understand portions of
>the library are GPL).
I have always been wondering why it is possible for these iPhone
projects to include GPLd code and not publish the sources? This seems
not juridically defendable in the first place.
>How long before we find the first US software
>patent on live coding?
Let's keep on working hard
to make it all prior art.
>
>alex
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: John W. Linville <linville_at_tuxdriver.com>
>Date: 2010/1/20
>Subject: IEEE1588 patent encumbered -- project needs different leader
>To: Ptpd_at_lists.infradead.org
>
>
>Well, I had hoped to make more of this project. But as I'm sure
>some of you remember the (attempted) transition was a little rocky,
>causing me to back-off. And although I was hoping to devote more
>attention to this project in the immediate future, I have recently
>come to better appreciate that the IEEE 1588 spec is encumbered by a
>number of patents. Perhaps the patent holders aren't interested in
>enforcing them against ptpd users, but I'm just not interested enough
>to track-down all the paperwork to prove that (if it is even true).
>
>Due to the patent spectre, ptpd is not going to be packaged in Fedora
>(and hence not in RHEL either). So my interest in this project
>has been significantly curtailed. That combined with the lack of
>activity here and the apparent recent activity back on SourceForge
>leads me to the conclusion that there is no point in continuing here,
>at least not for me.
>
>The infrastructure on Infradead is still available if it is wanted.
>If someone wants to takeover w/ that, I'll be happy to help transition
>the git tree and the mailing list to their care. Otherwise, I'll
>probably ask David to remove both in a few weeks.
>
>I'm sorry this didn't work-out. I wish it were different, but
>it isn't.
>
>John
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