[Coco] S-video Prospects...

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Neil 

correct. The hardware patents should have all ran out. Software is 
copyrighted so it should still be covered. 

james


On 17 Dec 2005 at 17:46, Neil Morrison wrote:

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> 
> Copyrights are the troubling issue. Patents aren't really a problem.
> 
> Neil
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jdaggett at gate.net>
> 
> > Neil 
> > 
> > If my memory serves me correctly, patents are good for up to 17 yrs
> > and are not renewable. I would rather think that many of the patents
> > on the Coco line of computers have expired on or before 2003.  
> 
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