[Openec] Patented NiMH charging algorithm

[Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero]

stupid questions:

are they using the same general algorithm for the lifepo4 batteries..?

how can be this algorithm made from zero, or what would be the procedure to
do so, (im guessinfg it would be too complicated)..?

On 8/3/07, Richard A. Smith <richard at laptop.org> wrote:
>
> Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > thats a real bummer, so this means we cant make all the Ec code open ?
> >
>
> If they are granted a patent then the only way you could distribute code
>   using that algorithm in countries that honor patents is if they
> granted on open license for anybody to use the technology.
>
> Since their goal is to use it for commercial gain I don't see that
> happening.
>
> So no.  The NiMH code will probably never be open.
>
> --
> Richard Smith  <richard at laptop.org>
> One Laptop Per Child
>



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Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
OLPC Colombia
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