Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Thursday 17 January 2008 20:23 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>>> Patent concerns
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Due to patent concerns, we won't be able to include any games in
>>> | Fedora which meet the following criteria:
>>> |
>>> | A game where "targets" move across the screen to a predetermined
>>> | point or line, where the player hits a button/key/mouse click as
>>> | the target(s) crosses that point or line, and gets points.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-games-list/2008-January/msg00022.html
>>
>> This is a joke, right?
>>
>> How the Hell can anyone -->patent<-- a *game*???
>>
>> This bloody stupid American patent crap is out of freakin' control.
>
> I think Konami has some patents on the game of soccer (as played using a
> computer). Doug posted a few links a while ago.
>
> Oh... I've just done a quick search. here is an example:
>
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>| From: Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>| Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
>| Subject: Konami patents passing the ball in Soccer ..
>| Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:38:07 +0000
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>| "I have read the abstract and some of the claims, and as far as I can
>| make it, the claim is for a football game where the player can assign
>| and store commands to pass the ball to the nearest available player"
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>| http://tinyurl.com/y6oma9
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> http://technollama.blogspot.com/2006/10/game-software-patent-upheld-in-europe.html
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>
>
How could /any/ patent officer even consider these claims? Football
has been around for rather longer than computers.
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