Patent Violation Page

I participated in the 1st German Patent Violation Programming Competition at 19C3 in Berlin (got the first prize) and registered for the following violations:

WARNING: PLEASE DO NOT EXECUTE ANY OF THE LINKED CODE EXAMPLES, THIS IS JUST DEMONSTRATIONAL CODE PROTECTED BY PATENT LAW. YOU POSSIBLY NEED A LICENSE NOT INCLUDED WITH THESE DOWNLOAD FACILITIES TO RUN IT.

• EP0187911: Thresholding technique for graphics images using histogram analysis (IBM (US))
• Real purpose: Calculation of thresholds for image conversion to 2-bit depth
• Analysis: English, German
• Code Examples: threshold.py, threshold2.py (Python scripts)
• EP0394160: Dynamic progress marking icon (IBM (US))
• Real purpose: Progress bar (really!)
• Analysis: English, German
• Code Example: bar1.sh (shell script)
• EP0463250: Data processing apparatus user interface and data processing apparatus with such an interface (IBM (US))
• Real purpose: Assuring windows opened only once (preventing conflicts)
• Analysis: English, German
• Code Example: noconflict.py (Python script)
• EP0850441: METHOD OF MONITORING A COMPUTER SYSTEM (DANIELSSON DANIEL (SE); BJOERCK BERTIL (SE))
• Real purpose: (possibly simple) surveillance system, observing hosts over a network
• Analysis: English, German
• Code Example: sur1.sh (shell script)

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