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Re: Lowering the Volume in the Software Patent Debate
Posted by: Philip H. Albert 2005-03-15 06:33:58

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The debate over software patents is getting dramatic. For some, more than just lines of code are at stake. Rather, it is nothing less than freedom itself. As in the apocalyptic "Lord of the Rings trilogy," the armies prepare for war. The battle cry from Free Software Foundation Europe sounds: "Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom!" The Free Software Foundation Europe is taking no prisoners. It aggressively lobbied against the European Computer Implemented Inventions Directive.

Increase the Volume in the Software Patent Debate
Posted by: aurel 2005-03-16 02:22:12 In reply to: Philip H. Albert

This text is trying to reduce the debate over software patent. I would rather enlarge it.
The software patent battle is not only about software:
-It is the same battle as the battle about free content on the Internet.
-It is the same battle as the battle about the right to patent the human genome.
-It is the same battle as the battle about patent on medicaments that let millions of people die in the third world countries...
-It is the same battle as the battle about the right to patent idea.
It is the battle of the commons goods VS the informational capitalism.
At the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy the good guys win and the people whose time is over leave the middle earth.
Goodbye patent attorney...