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Message #08400
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com [mailto:owner-beam@sgiblab.sgi.com]On
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 16:44:36 -0500
Subject: Miller Engine - licensing...
Regardless of the opinions on the list regarding licensing issues, we still
licensed the circuit from Miller because
1) it's a good circuit
2) HE designed it
3) it's quite unethical to make use of it without appropriate permission
Getting something this small patented would be a foolish - waste of money
and time. We're sharing it with everybody because it's simple and cheap. If
it gets utilized in ways that it shouldn't, then I suppose it means it'll
be the last circuit we'll openly share.
Jeez, and I was hoping to have some feedback on the _circuit_, not the
legal issues!
-Dave
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