TR> Unfortunately, "interesting" and "meaningful" are NOT among the TR> criteria used by the US Patent and Trademark Office in awarding TR> patents.
The European Parliament intends to discuss in September Arlene McCarthy's bill that aims to put European patent law in step with its American counterpart. If you agree with Tim and happen to live in the EU, please do write a friendly note to your Euro-MP before September. General page on software patents in the EU (including calendar): http://swpat.ffii.org An article by McCarthy: http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0%2C3605%2C970294%2C00.html RMS' rebuttal: http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0%2C3605%2C975126%2C00.html Sorry for the offtopic post. Juliusz _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
