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- From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
- To: Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr>
- Cc: russell@flora.ca, patents@aful.org, xdrudis@tinet.org, seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Re: IBM, Microsoft, BEA Snub W3C
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 23:20:43 -0400
Wrong answer IMHO
The isuue is not that IBM applies for patents, or uses them wisely,
defensively or agressively. The issue is that IBM supports the
extension of patenting to software, thus enabling players to use them
agressively (even if IBM does not).
Yes, that's it exactly. Even if IBM holds back from crushing us with
patents (which is not certain), we can hardly expect all patent
holders to be so kind.
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