-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/5/10 18:00 , OldFatGit wrote: > This blog explains it better than I can... > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/?p=1925&tag=content;col1 > I much agree on that - but the real problem here is the current interpretation of software patents. I'm not completely against software patents - for instance, if you invent a new algorithm e.g. for compressing video streams, I think you should have the right to patent it (I'm not saying that it would be advisable or a good thing, on the contrary, I think that FLOSS is better - but that in this case there is genuine IP that one might want to control exercising his right to choose). The problem is when laws allow you to patent things such as a listener (!), as the blog describes, assuming the author correctly interpreted the thing.
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