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- From: Andrey Khavryuchenko <akhavr@kds.com.ua>
- To: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
- Cc: patents@aful.org, Stefano Maffulli <stef@zoomata.com>
- Subject: Re: US patent reform strategy inaugurated by myths & lies
- Date: 18 Jun 2002 01:57:19 +0300
- Organization: KDS Software Group
Gregory,
"GA" == Gregory Aharonian wrote:
>> Tons of computer programs exist *now* only because swpatents have
>> existed for a short period of time, and because they are not allowed
>> in many countries.
GA> Nonsense. The bigggest software marketplace is the United States, and
GA> swpatents have existed for over thirty years in the United States
GA> without any significant retarding effect on the development of new
GA> software (at least, no more of a retarding effect then the effects of
GA> patents in other industries).
Wasn't that because sw patents were, in mass, ignored. And patent lawsuits
were rare?
--
Andrey V Khavryuchenko http://www.kds.com.ua/
Offshore Software Development
- Re: [Patents] US patent reform strategy inaugurated by myths & lies, (continued)
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