On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 02:25, robin wrote: > Paul wrote: > > >The vote on software patents in Europe has been deferred until 22nd > >September following the protests over the past week. It had already been > >put back from June because of MEPs' doubts. > > > >http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39116053,00.htm > > > > > > > From that article: > > "Software patents have been likened to allowing a monopoly on the ideas > behind stories, " > > Dammit, _I_ thought of that one first! Several years ago, I said that > software patents were like someone writing a detective story, then > patenting the idea that the butler did it. This is _my_ intellectual > property, and I'm going to sue everybody to protect it! > > Sir Robin
Was that before or after I patented writing? Paul M
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