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From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, PILCH Hartmut wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:55:00PM -0500, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
>
> > My comment:
> >                         Zu kampfen ist einfacher,
> >                         diese kriege von patenten,
> >                         wenn sie kaufen konnen,
> >                         diene waffen zu hause.
>
> Sounds as if it could be intended to be german.
> Could be translated as ... I can't make sense of it,

It is simpler to fight
this patent war
if you can buy
your weapons at home

Sounds like Greg wants to use the poem as an argument
in favour of software patents.

> but at least the above news about Sigma being forced out of the US
> sounds interesting.

Yet another case where patents are being used to stifle
innovation, instead of promoting it.

I can't see how Greg would justify software patents in
the EU when it would just stifle innovation in more
places than one...

Rik
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