From imiller@csd.abdn.ac.uk Mon, 13 Mar 2000 12:24:50 +0000
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 12:24:50 +0000
From: Ian Miller imiller@csd.abdn.ac.uk
Subject: [Patents] Re:  [Patents] Open letter from Jeff Bezos

> To: patents@liberte.aful.org
> From: jm@jmason.org (Justin Mason)
> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 13:27:58 +0000
> Subject: [Patents] Open letter from Jeff Bezos
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/misc/patents.html/103-6977436-7321414
> 

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon-rms-tim.html

     Here's a message that Richard M. Stallman sent to Tim O'Reilly
     on March 11, in regard to the statement by Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon,
     which called for software patents to last just 3 or 5 years. 

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