Am 2005-06-06 15:02:31, schrieb Xavier Roche: > On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 02:19:20PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Many of those Patents a not related to OSS. > > Yes, true. But many other "non software" patents are actually > disguised software patents (such as implementing a trivial algorithm > on a chip - hey, these ARE software patents)
I know, but... > > And some others can not enforced. > > Huh ? Remember the one-click patent, the plugin (Eolas) patent ? If > you aren't backed up by expensive erperts, you're dead. IT is > complicated. Software is damn complicated. I know, and I have no money to sue Microsoft which has stolen a Software which was 1986 under PD for educational use only... > No, no. I'm just realistic. If a company has the opportunity to kill > competitors, using legal ways, there are no reasons not to use them. > What is illogical is to create new ways of killing competition, > through software patents. :-/ Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSM LinuxMichi 0033/3/88452356 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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