[Openec] Patented NiMH charging algorithm

[Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero]

Hi all,

thats a real bummer, so this means we cant make all the Ec code open ?

On 8/3/07, Richard A. Smith <richard at laptop.org> wrote:
>
> I have a bump in the road toward a fully open EC codebase.
>
> I've learned this week that GoldPeak intends to apply for a patent on
> their long life NiMH battery charge algorithm.
>
> OLPC gets a royalty free license to use this technology but we are not
> going to be allowed to release the detailed charging info on the NiMH
> algorithm.
>
> If they are granted the patent then even if one of you smart gents were
> to reverse engineer the code we still can't use it.
>
> Bummer...
>
> Thoughts?
>
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> Richard Smith  <richard at laptop.org>
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Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
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