Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 18:15:21 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <201208031615.q73GFLES007169@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:57:59 MDT." <20120802185759.GB12255@hemlock.hydra>
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> This is the reason software patents comprise such a blight on the world > of software development. Yes, agreed, & not just software. The european patent office system pressures examiners towards granting if they can't quickly find prove the application is already known. http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/txt/patents/ Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Reply below not above, cumulative like a play script, & indent with "> ". Format: Plain text. Not HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable. Mail from Yahoo & Hotmail to be dumped @Berklix. http://berklix.org/yahoo/
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