From Jan@phls.demon.co.uk  Fri May  4 09:42:26 2001
From: Jan@phls.demon.co.uk (Dr Janice Williams)
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 09:42:26 +0100
Subject: [Patents] PLEASE DO NOT SEND THIS E-LETTER ANYMORE
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>Nice repeat of the same old arguments against software patents.  And
>yet another example of an argument that can be applied to all other
>patents, especially hardware patents.  There is no longer any
>practical difference between the amount of effort, ingenuity and
>needed lifetime of hardware designs and software designs - the same
>tools are used, etc.  So Perens argument is as much an argument
>against most forms of patenting, once you subtract out the worshipping
>of software implicit in his arguments.
>
>Greg Aharonian
>
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