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- From: PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de
- Subject: [Patents] why the problem arises in the software field
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 01:12:31 +0200 (CEST)
> >This whole patent movement is imho the sickest emanation of the cultural
> >revolution of this century. All values that previously organised society
> >were destroyed and only money became the organising tool.
>
> So why I am wrong to assume that some of you on this list are not just
> against software patents, but against all patents as this quote implies?
> The above quote could care less about hardware or software patents,
> and certainly would not need to waste any time trying to justify some
> distinction between hardware and software for patenting purposes. It
> is all forms of patenting being questioned.
No.
By "patent movement" I meant the "movement to extend the patent system to
all spheres of life".
I should have written this more clearly, but I think it can be understood
from context.
-phm
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