Doom III Menu| --Options | --Graphics | --Advanced [x] Use Z-fail shadows (please uncheck this if you are playing Doom III in USA or Japan) Stencil Shadows Patented!? WTF!
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quote:Original post by drewslater
I figure that in this particular case since there are so many games out already that use this shadowing technique there is no way the patent holder can sue because they have allowed it to go on for so long. IIRC you must consistantly challenge patent violations in order to retain to right to do so. I may be totally wrong though. It just really sucks to have to worry about using all kinds of code because the idea/algorithm is patented and you might get sued for using it without a license. Where do you draw the line on what ideas merit a patent (e.g. Amazon sueing Barnes&Noble over "One click checkout" - I mean how simple of a concept is this?!)?
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Rambus anyone? Think how long SDRAM was out before they decided to start sueing companies for it.
quote:Original post by Ready4Dis
Rambus anyone?
and where are they now?
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quote:Original post by deiterate
However, revolutionary ideas would occur more slowly if we were not given limiting parameters such as patents. They force us to develop more original methods. It seems to me that if the two gentlemen who hold the patent for "Carmack's Reverse" ever bother to make it binding, there will be a revolutionary mind out there who will develop an even more elegant solution (and hopefully that person will not patent it as well).
you really believe that? that development will _benefit_ from having to reinvent the wheel all the time instead of building upon previous work? good thing the greeks didnt patent math or we would still try to prove that 1!=0
i think ms even has patented the undo-function. its not necessarily morons who make the decisions. but deciding if something is worth a patent without having a clue of the subject sure looks moronic. eu politicians dreaming of how software patents will help our economy is just as moronic. with us and japanese companies probably having patented everything from bubblesort to variables all we would gain is the option to be sued into oblivion if an us/jap competitor feels like it. somehow they miss the little detail, that introducing sw patents and sniping your fingers wont give our companies a hundred thousand patents to join the game of "you can use mine if i can use yours". it will rather look like "you have nothing of use so just give us the money".
though i AM kind of surprised that ms didnt use all their patents to get rid of linux. after all they're already down to fud and selling training cds "how to make your customer not buy linux".
oh damn, i better start saving money to patent my frustum culling method, my camera and all that other stuff, hoping someone will use it and make me rich *lol*
[edited by - Trienco on September 23, 2003 4:45:58 AM]
Lol then i''ll go and patent the 3D projection formulae :D
Geez i could sue people untill i got 99 yeas old!
Geez i could sue people untill i got 99 yeas old!
you''ll be burn to the stakes for that before you could even claim your pension benefits.
The world is a silly place. Better live with it or live in a cave.
The world is a silly place. Better live with it or live in a cave.
quote:Original post by Frunyquote:Original post by pentium3id
you mean the wheel hasnt been patented yet?
*runs to patent office*
It has. Two years ago.
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:lol: I rest my case.
FYI this presentation is from GDC March 1999 describes zfail stencil volume intersection:
http://developer.nvidia.com/attach/1807
The patent being discussed actually claims z pass stencil incs & decs with a reversed zbuffer test, not z fail stencil operations that are commonly used today. It is not described in more general terms it is described and claimed very specifically as a reverse z test with z pass increments and decrements.
http://developer.nvidia.com/attach/1807
The patent being discussed actually claims z pass stencil incs & decs with a reversed zbuffer test, not z fail stencil operations that are commonly used today. It is not described in more general terms it is described and claimed very specifically as a reverse z test with z pass increments and decrements.
quote:Original post by drewslater
IIRC you must consistantly challenge patent violations in order to retain to right to do so. I may be totally wrong though.
You''re thinking of trademark violations, those have to be challenged whenever they pop up. Copyrright and patent violations you get to pick and choose the good/profitable cases.
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