Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 01, 2004 04:40 PM
This is a frustrating part of this problem. All the people with strongly held, and stated, opinions. Opinion based on, incorrect, guesses about how the system works. People, apparently, without any interest in the real effects of the current, and proposed, system on the software industry.
If you truly believe that you can use a software patent to protect an innovation of yours in a fair manner, you're in for a rude awakening.
Good places to start getting clued in: http://vrijschrift.org/swpat/030508_1/index.html http://webshop.ffii.org/ http://www.ffii.org/
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Re:My view
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 01, 2004 04:40 PMIf you truly believe that you can use a software patent to protect an innovation of yours in a fair manner, you're in for a rude awakening.
Good places to start getting clued in:
http://vrijschrift.org/swpat/030508_1/index.html
http://webshop.ffii.org/
http://www.ffii.org/
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