Re: [Patents] newsscan: Software patent limits 'go too far'

[Jean-Baptiste Soufron <jbsoufron@free.fr>]

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 12:09:36 +0200
Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr> wrote:

> > Please, be serious. People like Norbert Elias studied this extension
> > of legal life in our countries and they put it in parrallel with the
> > development of democracy and the control of war amongst nations. 
> 
> reference ?

Books like "la société des individus". Maybe also "Logic of collective
action" by Mancur Olson and the new book of Francois Ost "de la pyramide
aux reseaux". 

But, why do you think jurists are the main problem? Do you also have
books about it? Maybe it's off-topic.

> 
> > The problem is not with jurists but with lobbying groups who
> > organize themselves so democracy will defend their own interests
> > instead of yours and mine.
> 
> But whether you like it or not, too many are jurists and look-alikes
> who want to develop law jsut because it is a good business.

And many computer scientists are look-alikes who just concentrate on
proprietary solutions that they sell to ignorant people because it's a
good business... 

please... :-)