Re: [Patents] pooling patents, version 2

[Simo Sorce <simo.sorce@xsec.it>]

On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 18:01, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Simo Sorce wrote:
> 
> > Patents in software is the death of SMEs and given the fact that SMEs
> > are very important in italy (and Europe too) I fear the complete
> > annihilation of our software production industry. That would mean total
> > subjugation of Europe to USA for what regards software development.
> 
> Given this fact, I'm amazed none of you are even willing to
> discuss a possible way to save the SMEs if software patents
> are pushed through the EPO regulations.
> 
> I appreciate the fact that you're trying to win this battle,
> and you might win, but the fact that you're unwilling to even
> discuss what to do if this battle is lost doesn't spell well
> for your future...

Sorry Rik,
I think your project may be a nice one, and sure worth of working on if
the battle is lost.
The problem is that we do not have unlimited resources, so I think we
should concentrate on the major task right now, that is stop sw patents
in Europe.

_if_ the battle will be lost, than at that point we will be able to
revert all our resources toward a project to save what can be saved.

So the answer is: discussion is time consuming, I will personally try to
answer clear simple direct questions that I feel important for example,
but certainly have no time to organically spend it on the savage project
until there may be something to save.

Of course I'm not saying you should stop, if the battle will be lost
than your will be valuable work to base the next step on, otherwise, it
would have been anyway valuable for people that unfortunately live and
trade in yet sw patents affected states.

And to jsutify why not start now I may add that, in case the sw patent
pass here, then we will be already months/years back as other countries
patents will already rule. That's why I do not find it compelling, few
months resources more or less will not change much in your project,
while are vital to fight sw patents.

Simo.

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