[Patents] On GPL Ideas and Limited Software Patentability

[Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr> (Bernard Lang)]

On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:51:45PM -0400, Ronald J Riley wrote:

> Rather or not some people like it or not, the reality is that
> software is becoming patentable in more and more countries.  I do
> not think you can stop this.  Rather than spending all your time
> railing about software patents, you should likely be looking at how
> you will cope with them.

> Rather or not some people like it or not, the reality is that
> XXXX  is becoming THE RULE.  I do
> not think you can stop this.  Rather than spending all your time
> railing about XXXX, you should likely be looking at how
> you will cope with them.

  I heard this speech so many times ... it is sometimes good advice...

and often the path of the coward or worse ... make the best of the system,
and forget any moral consideration.
  Public good is a moral consideration.

  You are pitiful ... with all your titles and tin decorations, your highness.

Bernard Lang

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