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- From: Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>
- To: Jean-Michel POURE <jm.poure@freesurf.fr>
- Cc: patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] EPO grants Acacia patent on video streaming]
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 15:24:52 +0100 (CET)
> This being written, going to court is not a solution because:
> 1) you have to agree with the idea of patents on software.
We would of course only oppose the patent on grounds of lack of technical
character.
> 2) the fight for freedom is a non-violent fight.
Going to court is non-violent.
> Humour is a better weapon, the guys from the EPO and large companies
> buying/selling land on the moon are nuts.
I think Acacia is earning quite a lot of money, and so are some people in
and around the EPO.
The problem is rather that we don't agree to the idea that laws should be
shaped in court, partially because we do not have the ressources for
playing that kind of legislation game.
--
Hartmut Pilch, FFII & Eurolinux Alliance tel. +49-89-18979927
Protecting Innovation against Patent Inflation http://swpat.ffii.org/
300,000 votes 2000 firms against software patents http://noepatents.org/
Re: [Patents] EPO grants Acacia patent on video streaming],
Gregory Aharonian
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