Re: ROSS MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE - The Simplest Yet Theory of Everything

From: Russell Standish <r.standish.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 07:35:33 +1000

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 06:51:42PM -0400, Benjamin Udell wrote:
> Of course Penrose in Britain was granted a copyright (which I hear has expired) for the concept of the Penrose Tile -- the ability to create an acyclic pattern using only two tiles. He started proceedings against somebody for that (they settled out of court).
>

Surely not a copyright. And copyrights are not granted, they're
invested in the work once created. Perhaps you mean a pattern, if not a patent.

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