Phil Hobbs wrote:
John Fields wrote:
On 17 Mar 2007 11:57:20 -0700, "jerry"
wrote:
[...]
But, if it's patented, it'll be illegal for you to build one.


Illegal to sell it, or to profit by using it. But building one for
fun? Don't think so.

There was significant debate about this point ~10 years ago with regards to
cryptography. A good archive of it is at:
http://www.ciphersbyritter.com/NEWS3/PATENT.HTM
Unless "for fun" you mean "idle curiosity" then you're out of luck ... Of
course, if noone knows you made something patent-infringing you're not going
to get done over for doing so.

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