On May 25, 2007, at 2:06 AM, Raúl Alexis Betancor Santana wrote: > Just to say what I know about software patents in EU, THEY ARE NOT > LEGAL
No matter how many times you (or others) keep repeating this, it REMAINS IRRELEVANT because the patents in question ARE NOT SOFTWARE PATENTS. The fact that you (and others) keep insisting that this is a software- patent issue proofs one and only one thing: You (and others who have argued this way) are not a lawyer, never went to law school, never took a bar exam, never received professional advice from a qualified lawyer on this matter. This means you are neither qualified to interpret the law yourself, nor are you authorised to give legal advice and you are not passing on the opinion of a qualified legal professional either. Now, I am not a lawyer, but I happen to work for a company which regularly pays lawyers for clarification on such matters when they arise and from the written professional legal advice my company has received in the past on this particular issue and other similar issues I can say that you are wrong. To anybody who still doesn't want to let go of their desperate but-I- want-it-to-be-this-way-because-it-suits-me attitude I recommend that they pay a qualified patent attorney for a written legal opinion on the matter and then see for themselves. Anybody who has not received professional advice from a legal professional qualified to give such advice and who is therefore not in a position to pass on the opinion of a qualified professional here should keep their unqualified opinions to themselves. It is potentially harmful and at the very least irresponsible to spread unqualified legal opinions in public. > http://proinnova.hispalinux.es/infopaquetes/carta-directiva/ > index.html > Look at the references, they are in english, french, german and other > languages. There is only Spanish on that site, but more importantly this is not an authoritative source of information on legal matters. The site is run by IT folks (it says so) and no lawyers are involved. How can we tell no lawyers are involved? Because lawyers are by law obliged to tell when they are giving a legal opinion and they are also obliged to say when their opinion can be considered legal advice or not. There are no such references. Once again, if you want to get authoritative advice on this matter PAY A LAWYER. Anyone else is irrelevant. _______________________________________________ Callweaver-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.callweaver.org/mailman/listinfo/callweaver-dev
