____/ [H]omer on Thursday 17 January 2008 20:23 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Patent concerns
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>> | 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.
>> `----
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>> 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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