[Patents] Re: American Inventor Coalition / was Re: Software and

[phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut)]

kodama@netcourrier.com writes:

> It is the second time you call members to ignore my mails. But in
> the name of what ? Is it your understand of liberty ?

Although your level of arguing has meanwhile improved somewhat, it is
still not good enough to justify your anonymity.

I am getting private flames and even threats from patent advocates all
the time, and I see very litlle fairness toward our cause in that
community.  On this list and others, we have not yet had a single
person arguing in favor of software patents in an fair way, but only
people who kept iterating the same old long-refuted statements,
apparently hoping to confuse some unexperienced readers, to waste our
time or to lure us into impolite reactions and then spread some bad
rumors about us.

I have continued to respond to Greg, because I know who he is and I
know that he has at least in some aspects a genuine interest in patent
politics that goes beyond just hanging around debating.  But since you
are staying anonymous, I would advise anyone to think twice and rather
use the time to work on a FAQ than respond to your mails.  I know that
I myself often fail to heed this advice.

-phm