Software Patents

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

"Jon 'maddog' Hall" <maddog at li.org> writes:
>
> >Given that the patent system is an impingement 
> >on the liberties of 300,000,000 people (telling them what they may not 
> >do with their own property) to benefit one person or a small handful
> >of his cohorts, the hurdle to prove the case ought to be set very,
> >very high.
> 
> I would argue that the impingement is on the liberties of 6.3 billion
> people.

... depending on where the patent is granted.

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