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From: Jean-Michel POURE <jm@poure.com>
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To: Jean-Baptiste Soufron <jbsoufron@free.fr>, patents@aful.org
Subject: Re: [Patents] newsscan: Software patent limits 'go too far'
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Le Vendredi 24 Octobre 2003 12:17, Jean-Baptiste Soufron a =E9crit :
> Not really, everything can always derive to totalitarianism... To my
> mind, it happens when the discussion is broken and when law can't evolve
> anymore. Just a personnal opinion.

And my personal opinion is that democrats make democratic laws, not the=20
converse. Countries with good and evolving democratic laws can "blow" into=
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totalitarianism quickly (remember Argentina?).

[By the way, not "everything" can derive into totalitarianism. You need a=
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special social and economical ground.]

If we look at the problems of patents on software only with the eyes of a=
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Jurist, we may well miss part of the problem at stake.

The question is broader than written laws or even interpretation of written=
=20
laws. The question at stake is a question of democracy, social consensus,=
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economical peace and development and much more.

The question includes law as a component, but does not stem to it. We proba=
bly=20
agree on that point... But "Undemocratic" laws with "totalitarianism "germs=
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must be faught by any means. Without waiting for court interpretation.

If we ask IBM to "<<<defend>>>" free software, we feed the idea that=20
commercial law is superior to Civil Law, the Constitution and our Civil=20
Rights. This can never happen.

If you are watching "Star Academy" in France on Saturday night, do not=20
hesitate to drop a mail if you see Mr. "Old-Timer" Coward singing an=20
"Old-song" on scene. These marketing shows only revisit old song.

I will be watching "Brazil" (http://www.trond.com/brazil) to study the EPO=
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proposal for a future society.

Best regards,
Jean-Michel


