Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 18:32:49 +0200 From: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <CADGWnjUSvtzvvRuaCXVf63grU=FN4_TfVoi3BCQh=800pTqCGQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201208031615.q73GFLES007169@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <20120802185759.GB12255@hemlock.hydra> <201208031615.q73GFLES007169@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: >> This is the reason software patents comprise such a blight on the world >> of software development. > > Yes, agreed, & not just software. > > The european patent office system pressures examiners towards granting > if they can't quickly find prove the application is already known. > > http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/txt/patents/ Sadly, the time they had the likes of Albert Einstein as patent examiners [1] are well over... [1]: https://www.ige.ch/en/about-us/einstein/einstein-at-the-patent-office.html > Cheers, > Julian -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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