That's a different patent

That's a different patent

Posted Jan 18, 2008 22:02 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: Fedora blocking patent-encumbered games by joey
Parent article: Fedora blocking patent-encumbered games

It's clear from the fedora-games-list thread that it is a different patent that Red Hat is concerned about. The one you point to would also be infringed by a DDR clone, but apparently there's a much more general patent. Tom Calloway doesn't give the number of the patent, though.

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In a later post, he does:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.games/571
> The primary patent of concern is US 6347998, held by Konami.