GerritM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can this type of fundamental knowledge be patented? I am afraid this is > again an example of a total failure of the current patent system.
As a European citizen, you have a chance to make a difference to software patentability in Europe -- think globally, act locally. The Netherlands are a crucial country in the ongoing battle against software patents. Get active! <http://swpat.ffii.org/> -- we have won major battles over the last 4+ years and we'll need to win quite a few more to break the back of this ugly beast forever. A future where the US and other major SW development countries such as India have saddled themselves with this absurdity, and Europe has freed itself of it, is THE best competitive hope to make Europe into the hotbed of software development and IT innovation in the next generation. Personally, I'm neither patriotic nor competitive, so I'd rather look forward to a world entirely free of this blight -- but hey, where I can make a difference is HERE, so, HERE is where I act. Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list