From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <469B18DE.20708@yahoo.gr> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:06:06 +0300 From: Acinonyx MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] B.A.T.M.A.N. in Mikrotik Router OS 3.0 - Meshing Made Easy References: <2bda28cd0707072316p4dbbddbauaf1a1124b8542918@mail.gmail.com> <200707151443.43919.onelektra@gmx.net> <469A30F9.7040605@dd19.de> <469A4341.4020802@poelzi.org> In-Reply-To: <469A4341.4020802@poelzi.org> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------070806090300060903040300" Reply-To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Id: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: The list for a Better Approach To Mobile Ad-hoc Networking This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070806090300060903040300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit O/H Daniel Poelzleithner ??????: > Alexander Morlang wrote: > > >> elektra schrieb: >> >>> http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/MME_wireless_routing_protocol >>> >> did anybody had a look, whether they are trying to patent it? >> > > I don't think so, they mention "It is heavily based on ideas from > B.A.T.M.A.N. " (more just a clone of it ???), so, that would be useless > due prior art anyway. > > kindly regards > daniel > > > > Hmmm.... Mikrotik have been accused as GPL violators... It is possible that they have not only taken ideas from B.A.T.M.A.N. but stolen code. Of course nobody can prove anything... Vassilis --------------070806090300060903040300 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit O/H Daniel Poelzleithner έγραψε:

Alexander Morlang wrote:

elektra schrieb:

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/MME_wireless_routing_protocol

did anybody had a look, whether they are trying to patent it?


I don't think so, they mention "It is heavily based on ideas from
B.A.T.M.A.N. " (more just a clone of it ???), so, that would be useless
due prior art anyway.

kindly regards
 daniel

Hmmm....

Mikrotik have been accused as GPL violators... It is possible that they have not only taken ideas from B.A.T.M.A.N. but stolen code. Of course nobody can prove anything...

Vassilis
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