RE: [Algorithms] pissing in the well [was: Collision detection pa tent]

[Robert D. <RD...@ac...>]

Not sure about the other companies, but before Atari hit problems and had to
sell up they took $50 Million from Sega for patent infringment.  I wouldn't
be surprised if they've enforced others too.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicolas Serres [mailto:nic...@ch...]
> Sent: 17 August 2000 22:42
> To: gda...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Algorithms] pissing in the well [was: Collision 
> detection
> pa tent]
> 
> 
> I played Sega Rally 2 a lot last summer, when we (some 
> coders) decided to
> sacrifice hour holidays not to be late for the dreamcast 
> version of our
> game, and our wonderful paranoid management left on vacation 
> to some sunny
> place without giving us the keys of where the devkits were 
> stored... Hmmm
> I'm glad we all left this company.. At least this improved my 
> sega rally 2
> skills and I can tell you that in my japanese version, there 
> were definitely
> ghost cars (althought they were opaque). Did it stay in us/european
> versions?
> 
> I don't know what attitude got hasbro with sega, as it is a 
> very different
> company because they are also the ones you require approval 
> from them, and
> major buisness partners.. Did they ever sue nintendo, sega or 
> sony, who
> obviously did infringe some of their "claimed" patents ??? 
> I'm curious if
> they also sue those major console companies for their 
> first-party titles.
> 
> IIRC, sgi has many patents on character animation (and 
> probably lots of
> other 3d stuff too)..What's their attitude towards game developers?
> 
> Nicolas
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Forsyth" <to...@mu...>
> To: <gda...@li...>
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 11:06 PM
> Subject: RE: [Algorithms] pissing in the well [was: Collision 
> detection pa
> tent]
> 
> 
> > I seem to remember TOCA had a ghost-car mode in it. Did 
> they license it,
> or
> > just put their foot down and say "go on - sue us then".
> >
> > Tom Forsyth - Muckyfoot bloke.
> > Whizzing and pasting and pooting through the day.
> 
> 
> 
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