That anti-patent pamphlet I mentioned

Xavi Drudis Ferran xdrudis at tinet.org
Tue Dec 10 23:49:07 UTC 2002


El Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 10:19:22AM +0100, Niall Douglas deia:
> 
> That perl script is all well and good, but I looked through the 
> patents myself and most of them I personally wouldn't describe as 
> pure software patents ie; I'd foresee difficulty applying them to 
> software. But I have no legal training, so I probably can't say.
>

Maybe we should look at some examples.
Remember to look at the claims, not the abstract.
The claims are what specify what is prohibited by the patent.
 


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Xavi Drudis Ferran
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