[geeks] Distributed folding patent

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Caleb Shay <caleb at webninja.com> wrote:
> The Distributed Folding folks are all happy that they got their
> patent on their folding algorithm today.  Disgusting.  I thought
> this was for the pure advancement of scientific knowledge.
> Anyways, I left a rant on their message board and I'm pulling
> all my machines off it.

A Patent by itself only signifies that you have invented/documented a
new and novel approach to a problem. What they do with the patent is,
of course, another matter.

Have they said what their intentions are?


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Lionel

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