Re: [Patents] EuroParl-ordered study to be presented in Paris

["Nick Fleming" <Nick@bigfatpanda.fsnet.co.uk>]

> > > You want something to worry about?  Worry about IBM announcing a deal
> > > with China or India to use (really low paid) programmers in those
> > > countries to developed open source applications for IBM customers.
> > > All the open sourcers in America and Europe will be left with is 
> > > pats on the head.  I applaud your altruism.
> > >
> > 
> > That's really good news, possibly. Except I don't trust IBM much.
> 
> Sorry, I take it back. I hadn't read about low pay. I just read 
> there'd be a lot of people in China and India writing free software.
> 
> It'd be good news if they were paid fairly. 
> 

Theoretically...it would be interesting to see 
what  various governments would do if
a really large amount of patent applications
started to be filed by (for example) the Chinese,
- worldwide. How would they react
to having so much intellectual property 
drift overseas ?

(not to mention massive de-forestation :-) )

Regards,

Nick.