stupid questions:<br><br>are they using the same general algorithm for the lifepo4 batteries..?<br><br>how can be this algorithm made from zero, or what would be the procedure to do so, (im guessinfg it would be too complicated)..?
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard A. Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:richard@laptop.org">richard@laptop.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:<br>> Hi all,<br>><br>> thats a real bummer, so this means we cant make all the Ec code open ?<br>><br><br>If they are granted a patent then the only way you could distribute code
<br> using that algorithm in countries that honor patents is if they<br>granted on open license for anybody to use the technology.<br><br>Since their goal is to use it for commercial gain I don't see that<br>happening.
<br><br>So no. The NiMH code will probably never be open.<br><br>--<br>Richard Smith <<a href="mailto:richard@laptop.org">richard@laptop.org</a>><br>One Laptop Per Child<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>
-- <br>Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero <br>OLPC Colombia<br><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Colombia">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Colombia</a>