From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Mar 12 9:18:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.free.fr (smtp1.free.fr [212.27.32.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DCA137B718 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 09:18:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gca1@free.fr) Received: from or.or.com (grenoble-44-1.dial.proxad.net [213.228.44.1]) by smtp1.free.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) with SMTP id SAA32331; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:18:30 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: smtp1.free.fr: Host grenoble-44-1.dial.proxad.net [213.228.44.1] claimed to be or.or.com Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:21:17 +0100 (CET) From: gca1 X-Sender: gca1@or.or.com To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org Subject: Patent and software ... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I have just read a article on patent in a linux periodical. In USA, is it possible to take out a patent for a software or an idea ? if a mere idea can be patented, then companies can patent all the unimaginable ideas and wait until have been developped by anyone else to have a operating monopoly or to cash rights. Is that true ? What are organizations which grant patent ? thank you for your help. ANTONINO Christian. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message