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Re: Why are software patents wrong?
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JEDIDIAH |
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Re: Why are software patents wrong? |
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Fri, 15 Oct 2004 22:42:58 -0500 |
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On 2004-10-16, threeseas <timrueAT@mindspringDOT.com> wrote:
> Two catagories of answers:
>
> symptoms and cause
>
> or from the other direction:
>
> cause and effect.
>
> Seems to me many have found arguement against software patents that only
> deal with the symptoms or effect of software patents, rather then the
Those effects are the only thing that are relevant.
> more fundamental underlying reasons why software doesn't qualify for
> patent status.
Those effects are the only thing that ultimately legally allow any form
of intellectual property to exist at all. Patents have never really been
anything more than a means to achieve a particular stated (in the US
Constitution) public policy objective.
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- Why are software patents wrong?, threeseas, 2004/10/15
- Re: Why are software patents wrong?, mlw, 2004/10/15
- Re: Why are software patents wrong?,
JEDIDIAH <=
- Re: Why are software patents wrong?, rapskat, 2004/10/16
- Re: Why are software patents wrong?, Buford Sixpack, 2004/10/16
- Re: Why are software patents wrong?, threeseas, 2004/10/16
- Re: Why are software patents wrong?, Bjoern, 2004/10/16
- Re: Why are software patents wrong?, ray, 2004/10/16
- Re: Why are software patents wrong?, Liam Slider, 2004/10/16