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

[Jean-Michel POURE <jm@poure.com>]

Le Vendredi 24 Octobre 2003 11:24, Jean-Baptiste Soufron a écrit :
> So, consensus often appears in courts long before any law can be
> discussed in parliaments. I could give many examples like abortion,
> homosexuality, worker protection and so on. Of course there are contrary
> examples. Just as I said, the three powers have to combine their action
> to create consensus.

With a slight difference: Democracy includes the germs of totalitarism, 
because it allows everyone to speak, which can result in extremists making 
laws.

Take the examples of nazification after 1933 or of the abolision of the 
Republic in France in 1940. These laws were perfectly legal before 1945. Who 
would think it was possible at the time to fight these laws in court?

As a result, we must always make a difference between "totalitarism" laws and 
"liberty" laws. Patents laws on software are "on the totalitarism side", as 
they could derive pretty quickly into fascism.

That makes a difference, don't you think?
:)

Think law: think Simple: think Democracy: think Civil Law: think Social 
Consensus: think Common Wealth.

Don't think: written laws always apply, large companies rule the world, Civil 
Law is under commercial law, we must discuss every single word of a law, 
etc...

Without democrats, we cannot build a democracy.
As John-Paul II said "Be courageous". 

Best regards,
Jean-Michel Pouré