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The answer is: John Kerry :o) Roy... >From: Daniele Guazzoni <daniele dot guazzoni at gcomm dot ch> >To: m0n0wall list <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch> >Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Patent Rights >Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 23:46:46 +0100 > >Last week I received a letter from Peter Coleman (a 75 years old retired >US-Mail employee) telling me I have to pay a fee to use my PC since this is >his acronym... > >And don't tell anybody you are using ethernet or someone of the original >developing crew of Xerox could sue you... > >Come on... >We already have to live 4 more years with Bush and now we also have to pay >for page redirects ? >What could be worster ?... > >Daniele > >Matt Juszczak wrote: > >>Alright thanks! If anyone else finds out anything about this please let >>me know! >> >>-Matt >> >>On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Brian wrote: >> >>>Well, I just received a letter in the mail from Al Gore asking for money >>>each time I get on the internet, since he invented it :) >>> >>>On a serious note, I googled 'acacia technologies iar' and there were >>>several articles on this subject, even a few from the m0n0 mail list >>>archives. There seemed to be more than a few people that questioned the >>>validity of the patent claims. You may want to check those out and >>>perhaps grab a few email addresses of people who have probably gone down >>>this path with these people already and see what they did and what >>>happened. >>> >>>Matt Juszczak wrote: >>> >>>>That is total crap. How can something like that be valid? I read the >>>>article, but can they really enforce something like that? Captive >>>>Portal technology is so easily developed and distributed ... What the >>>>heck? >>>> >>>>On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, C. Falconer wrote: >>>> >>>>>Tell them that Bill Gates owns the patent on being an asshole :) >>>>> >>>>>Or that SCO owns the patent on frivolous threatening for financial >>>>>gain! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>From: Bryan Catlin [mailto:bryancatlin at connectgroup dot net] >>>>>Sent: Tuesday, 9 November 2004 5:41 a.m. >>>>>To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>>>Subject: [m0n0wall] Patent Rights >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I know this might not be the best place for it but we use monowall for >>>>>most >>>>>of our gateways and we have been contacted by this company that is >>>>>demanding >>>>>lots of money per year from us saying they own the patent on the >>>>>process of >>>>>redirection and/or proxying. I was wondering if anyone has heard of >>>>>them or >>>>>been contacted, on similar this? >>>>> >>>>>Their site with info on their patent is >>>>>http://www.acaciatechnologies.com/technology_iar.htm >>>>> >>>>>At first glance it looks like they have a technology like monowall but >>>>>then >>>>>their pdfs go on to say they own the process and are licensing it to >>>>>other >>>>>providers. I am just trying to see if this is for real or not. >>>>> >>>>>Best Regards, >>>>> >>>>>Bryan Catlin >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>>>For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>>For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>>For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>> >>> >>>!DSPAM:418fddba844461419218040! >>> >> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >>For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch >For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > |