On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Forrest Flanagan <solenoidclock@gmail.com> wrote:
AFAIK, if it's for yourself, you can do whatever you want with anyone's IP.
Not quite. Apparently in U.S. law that still counts as patent infringement. See 35 U.S.C. 271.
"Except as otherwise provided in this title, whoever without authority makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention, within the United States, or imports into the United States any patented invention during the term of the patent therefor, infringes the patent."
But in most cases, nobody cares. I don't recall if there has been any cases brought before a judge that tested whether or not non-revenue-generating infringement can be fined.
While looking up a specific quote to that effect on Wikipedia, this caught my eye:
... so maybe we should start dolling out patent infringement insurance to open source hardware builders (who aren't selling, just building or making related kits; and who don't own a patent on their work).
http://heybryan.org/
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