From nico@monnet.to  Thu Oct 12 19:32:31 2000
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 21:32:31 +0200 (CEST)
From: Nicolas MONNET nico@monnet.to
Subject: [Patents] Some remarks on Vol 1 #284

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Yann DIETRICH wrote:

|What can do this SMEs ?
|keep secret its source code and use copyright protection.  but, secret of
|source code is a pro-innovative way of protection ? better for consumers or
|users of sw ?

Err, publishing source code does not deprive one from his copy rights.

|To my mind, two problems have to be cleared and their impact on innovation
|have to be studied ?
|- secret of source code

No, you're confused.

|- way of protection of software

No.

|Do not forget that patent system has been created to stimulate innovation
|because invention has to be published and a question is what has to be
|published in a sw patent application ?






