From pelegrin@labri.u-bordeaux.fr  Tue Oct 17 12:11:17 2000
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:11:17 +0200
From: Francois PELLEGRINI pelegrin@labri.u-bordeaux.fr
Subject: [Patents] Threats to developers

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