From marmalade@x-stream.co.uk Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:50:43 +0100
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:50:43 +0100
From: Nick Fleming marmalade@x-stream.co.uk
Subject: [Patents] Re : translations.

> Could somebody please summarize the arguments for us,
> French-impaired persons? ;-)
> 

Try BabelFish - it isnt perfect, but its quite good at translation in many cases.

One quick point : 
>Patent infringement lawsuits are very expensive, averaging a few
>million dollars, so most programmers (but rather their companies)
>have little to fear.

In defense of their "intellectual property", some companies will prosecute
ANY infringement - they have very deep pockets.. For example, the
UltraHLE Emulator was pulled down due to Nintendo's threats of legal
action against the two authors. Although that was probably a definate
infringement, the principle still applies. The numbers of people involved
are irrelevant.

Nick. F.






