Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 17:29:47 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: FreeBSD-Chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Software patents Message-ID: <200309121729.48024.dkelly@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <3F62382A.5000903@liwing.de> References: <3564C5C1ABA7934FB00B98936C699B05B462BF@exch2000.silogcaen.fr> <200309120618.05357.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com> <3F62382A.5000903@liwing.de>
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Moved to -chat because this does not belong on -questions. Not that it belongs on FreeBSD.org at all... On Friday 12 September 2003 04:18 pm, Jens Rehsack wrote: > But if any algorithm used in bsd will be patented in europe and > the patent became valid, they may have a problem either. If such a patent were issued in Europe then it would be invalid specifically due to the prior art in BSD. I fail to understand how an invention implemented in software is any less worthy of protection than any other machine. Protest of the patent system is as old as patent history. Same old tired arguments claiming patents somehow stifle creativity. Seemingly a "patented technique" from any text on "How To Lie" is to be loud and first to claim the opposite of fact is true. Copying is not innovation, so claim patents and copyrights are preventing you from innovating. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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