It got implemented in Axe III FW19.
And FM3 with FW 5.01.. but it's only in the power amp at the moment, I guess we'll see it implemented in other areas with FW 20.00
If he can prove he had the idea first he will win in court if someone had a patent and claimed he was infringing on it.
exactly. the point I was trying to make is that providing the evidence of prior art is easy if you already have a patent or if you can show corresponding publications, e.g. by making the source public. I don't know if there are any other ways to do it (not being a lawyer).
How about talking about it on an Internet forum and writing code for devices with it in the code along with dates it was released.
possible, but that's the hard way. you might spend years in front of a judge while being ordered to stop selling your product until the case is settled.
Here is a descent write up on patents/copyright as applied to software:
I don’t think they’d say to stop selling the product permanently, just temporarily until the code being contested was removed, and by pulling the particular firmware distribution and releasing a “fixed” version until it was settled.
Copyright applies once the “work” is in fixed form. For most arts it’s the painting or statue, the book or published article, the tape or recording, it’s the point it stops changing. For photography it’s when the image has been captured on film or in the sensor and stored in the chip.
That’s like asking how many pancakes it takes to shingle a doghouse. It’s a non sequitur.So, if
How does that work for writing describing dances?
Well, that depends on the size and geometry of the roof, the diameter of the pancakes and various other factors...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_notationSo, if
How does that work for writing describing dances?
The answer is in the question - One shingle pancake!
I assume Sean Connery is reading the answer....
