[geeks] Doorbells

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, der Mouse wrote:

> I believe that last paragraph is false, that it is actually a
> violation to practice the invention even privately.)

To the best of my knowledge, that is actually the case in the US, but,
it's a law I cannot keep on good conscience.  I do not give the
government my consent to regulate what I build and create for my own
purposes (provided I'm not harming others with those creations).

I have to wonder if there's some sort of "fair use" sort of exemption
for education, though.  One of my assignments my first or second year of
college was to implement an LZW codec, and the patent on LZW was still
valid back then.

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