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From: Russell McOrmond <russell@flora.ca>
To: Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org>
Cc: Patent forum <patents@aful.org>
Subject: Re: [Patents] Re: IBM, Microsoft, BEA Snub W3C
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:33:11 -0400 (EDT)

On 30 Apr 2003, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:

> Not at the supporting of ebXML? <mode type="sarcasm">Of course not, it's
> only THE United Nations officially endorsing and supporting the private
> profit of a "couple" of big companies, AFAICT</mode>.

  Sarcasm aside, you can change "couple" to "a small number" and be
talking about software patent/unlimited patentability and DMCA-style
copyright reform rather than the (relatively unimportant) ebXML
non-free/libre standard.

  The ebXML non-free/libre problem is an 'effect' of poor United Nations
member public policy, not the problem itself.

> Rui
---
Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/>
Any 'hardware assist' for communications, whether it be eye-glasses,
VCR's, or personal computers, must be under the control of the citizen
and not a third party.   -- http://www.flora.ca/russell/

Re: [Patents] The politics of software over-protection -- moving forward.., (continued)

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