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Software patents illegal...Jaqui | 05/25/2006 @ 12:31 AM (PDT) |
 First post! Woot!nighthawk808 | 05/25/2006 @ 05:34 AM (PDT) |
  wellJaqui | 05/25/2006 @ 06:22 AM (PDT) |
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It's a step in the right direction.apotheon | 05/25/2006 @ 09:39 AM (PDT) |
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That sounds like what we have today in the US.nighthawk808 | 05/25/2006 @ 02:34 PM (PDT) |
 Oops, I did it again.apotheon | 05/26/2006 @ 01:15 AM (PDT) |
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Lionel Hutz called...nighthawk808 | 05/26/2006 @ 07:42 AM (PDT) |
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No thanks.apotheon | 05/26/2006 @ 10:12 AM (PDT) |
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I agree on the principle...Justin James | 05/30/2006 @ 08:29 AM (PDT) |
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excellentapotheon | 05/30/2006 @ 11:50 AM (PDT) |
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USPO within the Law, as settled by the US Supreme Court.deepsand | 05/30/2006 @ 06:08 PM (PDT) |
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I agree deepsandang2006 | 05/31/2006 @ 06:42 AM (PDT) |
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It goes much deeper than that.deepsand | 05/31/2006 @ 09:20 PM (PDT) |
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It used to be ...Too Old For IT | 06/01/2006 @ 09:03 AM (PDT) |
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Patent & Copyright Law courses offered by universities.deepsand | 06/01/2006 @ 01:56 PM (PDT) |
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What about copyrights?Cool_breeze | 05/30/2006 @ 09:37 AM (PDT) |
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CopyrightJaqui | 05/30/2006 @ 12:10 PM (PDT) |
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The problem with software copyrightsToo Old For IT | 06/01/2006 @ 09:08 AM (PDT) |
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Problem?apotheon | 06/01/2006 @ 12:47 PM (PDT) |
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Personally I'd rather they require the bookToo Old For IT | 06/01/2006 @ 01:11 PM (PDT) |
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So would I . . .apotheon | 06/01/2006 @ 03:37 PM (PDT) |
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Probably whyToo Old For IT | 06/09/2006 @ 11:14 AM (PDT) |
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Photocopy software?deepsand | 06/01/2006 @ 02:51 PM (PDT) |
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It was and still is.deepsand | 05/30/2006 @ 06:18 PM (PDT) |
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Patents illegal? ? ? ?bigtoewossi | 05/31/2006 @ 09:17 AM (PDT) |
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It's quite evident you make a lot of assumptions.apotheon | 05/31/2006 @ 04:18 PM (PDT) |
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Where to begin?deepsand | 05/31/2006 @ 09:52 PM (PDT) |
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or, in english..Jaqui | 05/31/2006 @ 10:36 PM (PDT) |
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Or, better yet, we could ...deepsand | 06/01/2006 @ 12:37 AM (PDT) |
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argumentum ad ignorantiam and ad hominumToo Old For IT | 06/01/2006 @ 09:15 AM (PDT) |
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argumenta . . . et . . .apotheon | 06/01/2006 @ 12:53 PM (PDT) |
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You're right ... arugumentaToo Old For IT | 06/01/2006 @ 01:13 PM (PDT) |
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Thanks for saving me the trouble.apotheon | 06/01/2006 @ 03:46 PM (PDT) |
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Wholeheartedly agreepkr@... | 05/31/2006 @ 11:44 PM (PDT) |
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Let's not throw the baby out with the bath water.deepsand | 06/01/2006 @ 01:22 AM (PDT) |
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Agree - mostlypkrdk | 06/01/2006 @ 11:54 AM (PDT) |
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"By non-physical methods" ???deepsand | 06/01/2006 @ 01:42 PM (PDT) |
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The baby was stillborn. Toss it out.apotheon | 06/01/2006 @ 01:05 PM (PDT) |
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Concur in part.deepsand | 06/01/2006 @ 03:00 PM (PDT) |
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"limited protection"apotheon | 06/01/2006 @ 03:55 PM (PDT) |
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On this point it's time to agree to disagree.deepsand | 06/03/2006 @ 01:01 AM (PDT) |
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"under certain circumstances"apotheon | 06/03/2006 @ 02:22 PM (PDT) |
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governmentapotheon | 06/01/2006 @ 01:01 PM (PDT) |
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Exactly where it failspkr@... | 06/02/2006 @ 08:32 AM (PDT) |
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Yes, of course.apotheon | 06/02/2006 @ 02:32 PM (PDT) |
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The problem isJaqui | 06/03/2006 @ 04:29 AM (PDT) |
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How about a copyright??mjd420nova | 06/01/2006 @ 08:59 PM (PDT) |
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copyrightJaqui | 06/02/2006 @ 12:44 AM (PDT) |
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There is some reasonable patentable stuffm2brenesp@... | 06/05/2006 @ 02:20 AM (PDT) |
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And I should believe you because . . . ?apotheon | 06/05/2006 @ 01:07 PM (PDT) |
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Are your algorithms novel inventions?Absolutely | 06/05/2006 @ 07:39 PM (PDT) |
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software is artwillemw | 06/05/2006 @ 05:56 AM (PDT) |
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software is artwillemw | 06/05/2006 @ 05:56 AM (PDT) |
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software is an industrial toolAbsolutely | 06/05/2006 @ 12:41 PM (PDT) |
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Work of art? Tool?staticonthewire@... | 06/05/2006 @ 07:06 PM (PDT) |
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You can use an industrial tool to create art.Absolutely | 06/05/2006 @ 07:42 PM (PDT) |
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Do you write programs?staticonthewire@... | 06/05/2006 @ 09:00 PM (PDT) |
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You made a very good point:Absolutely | 06/06/2006 @ 07:22 PM (PDT) |
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Everything is primarily a toolstaticonthewire@... | 06/06/2006 @ 07:39 PM (PDT) |
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Abs,Jaqui | 06/06/2006 @ 07:54 PM (PDT) |
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static: purpose of Mona Lisa & Neko Case's videosAbsolutely | 06/07/2006 @ 06:25 AM (PDT) |
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Jaqui,Absolutely | 06/07/2006 @ 06:34 AM (PDT) |
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"on a page of his own"apotheon | 06/07/2006 @ 10:32 AM (PDT) |
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Precision is a two-edged sword...staticonthewire@... | 06/07/2006 @ 12:43 PM (PDT) |
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a protestation of innocenceapotheon | 06/07/2006 @ 05:08 PM (PDT) |
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Mea Culpastaticonthewire@... | 06/07/2006 @ 07:24 PM (PDT) |
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social heresiesapotheon | 06/07/2006 @ 09:22 PM (PDT) |
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The purpose of patentsmryder@... | 06/05/2006 @ 07:26 AM (PDT) |
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Cookbook - We don' need no steenking cookbook...staticonthewire@... | 06/05/2006 @ 07:55 AM (PDT) |
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except for one thingJaqui | 06/05/2006 @ 08:21 AM (PDT) |
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Well, that doesn't seem quite right...staticonthewire@... | 06/05/2006 @ 08:45 AM (PDT) |
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but the patentJaqui | 06/05/2006 @ 09:02 AM (PDT) |
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right and wrongapotheon | 06/05/2006 @ 01:30 PM (PDT) |
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Burn the Source....?___._ | 06/05/2006 @ 08:38 AM (PDT) |
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patent an algorithm..Jaqui | 06/05/2006 @ 09:04 AM (PDT) |
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The use for a purpose (??)___._ | 06/06/2006 @ 01:18 AM (PDT) |
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Cookbooks vs Softwaregsquared | 06/05/2006 @ 09:15 AM (PDT) |
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Check a bit earlierstaticonthewire@... | 06/05/2006 @ 09:25 AM (PDT) |
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Software to a cookbook ? Sort of like rockets and typing paper ?ppcgm@... | 06/05/2006 @ 09:26 AM (PDT) |
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But this illustrates the difficulty perfectlystaticonthewire@... | 06/05/2006 @ 09:38 AM (PDT) |
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conflation of source with softwareapotheon | 06/05/2006 @ 01:45 PM (PDT) |
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Well I didn't conflate anything, ektuelly...staticonthewire@... | 06/05/2006 @ 06:53 PM (PDT) |
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terminologyapotheon | 06/05/2006 @ 08:57 PM (PDT) |
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Well this is a lot clearerstaticonthewire@... | 06/05/2006 @ 09:19 PM (PDT) |
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We can't.apotheon | 06/05/2006 @ 11:31 PM (PDT) |
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Oh sure we canstaticonthewire@... | 06/06/2006 @ 06:49 AM (PDT) |
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It's not about free-for-alls.apotheon | 06/06/2006 @ 12:24 PM (PDT) |
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Well to some degree it's about free-for -alls...staticonthewire@... | 06/06/2006 @ 12:55 PM (PDT) |
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Yeah, right.apotheon | 06/06/2006 @ 03:21 PM (PDT) |
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You missed Lenin's early work, I thinkstaticonthewire@... | 06/06/2006 @ 05:23 PM (PDT) |
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Early Lenin, tardy Lenin, any Lenin is not apotheon.Absolutely | 06/06/2006 @ 07:29 PM (PDT) |
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I think you're confusing Lenin with Stalinstaticonthewire@... | 06/06/2006 @ 07:57 PM (PDT) |
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Stalin, Lenin, USPTO . . .apotheon | 06/06/2006 @ 11:44 PM (PDT) |
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In order to confuse Lenin with StalinAbsolutely | 06/07/2006 @ 06:32 AM (PDT) |
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Hoo Boystaticonthewire@... | 06/07/2006 @ 12:53 PM (PDT) |
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more, re: Lenin, et ceteraapotheon | 06/07/2006 @ 05:12 PM (PDT) |
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Maybe they got rilly, rilly frustratedstaticonthewire@... | 06/07/2006 @ 07:29 PM (PDT) |
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ideas, not thingsLexVA | 06/06/2006 @ 08:37 PM (PDT) |
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Hypothetical new algorithm:Absolutely | 06/07/2006 @ 06:42 AM (PDT) |
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Software Patents Hurt Everybody101a | 06/05/2006 @ 06:42 PM (PDT) |
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patents help developers and consumersLexVA | 06/06/2006 @ 08:49 PM (PDT) |
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Name One Example!101a | 06/07/2006 @ 12:38 AM (PDT) |
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They finally responded...Jaqui | 06/22/2006 @ 06:44 AM (PDT) |
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form mailapotheon | 06/22/2006 @ 11:55 AM (PDT) |
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Windowsmypl8s4u2 | 06/22/2006 @ 04:28 PM (PDT) |
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