[Zope3-dev] Oops

[Tim Hoffman]

Looks like Interwoven want to patent everything people might do with
Zope and content management

http://www.interwoven.com/news/press/2003/021803patent.html

Specifically=20

nterwoven's U.S. patent (#6505212) describes Interwoven's unique method
of using branches, workareas, staging areas, and editions to develop and
manage content and all revisions. This patent includes 13 claims
covering among other things:

    * A system for asset management comprised of multiple workareas,
each configured to maintain a virtual copy of content as it would appear
when published;
    * A staging area to which content is submitted from multiple work
areas and where any conflicts between content can be resolved;
    * Branches and sub-branches (for different projects or initiatives)
that contain individual workareas, staging areas, and editions which
allows for massively parallel development on a single platform;
    * The use of a hierarchical file system and an object repository for
representing and hosting content and its structure;
    * Virtualization of all content regardless of location as well as
Web and application servers =96 this allows contributors to make changes
"in context" of the entire site;
    * The combined concepts of file history, versioning, comparison, and
merging as it relates to content, provide an archive of all individual
changes as well as collections of changes so they can be versioned and
audited.



Tim