Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:42:57 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: gca1 <gca1@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patent and software ... Message-ID: <20010312184257.E73862@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010312175827.8114A-100000@or.or.com>; from gca1@free.fr on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 06:21:17PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010312175827.8114A-100000@or.or.com>
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gca1 said on Mar 12, 2001 at 18:21:17: > Hello, > > I have just read a article on patent in a linux periodical. > > In USA, is it possible to take out a patent for a software or an idea ? > > if a mere idea can be patented, then companies can patent all the > unimaginable ideas and wait until have been developped by anyone else to > have a operating monopoly or to cash rights. > > Is that true ? http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/patents.html Patents can be overturned based on proof of "prior art" so it's not quite as bad as you say. But yes, it is pretty bad... R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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