On Sunday 23 December 2007 13:44:15 Shad Young wrote: > Ampere K. Hardraade wrote: > > On Sunday 23 December 2007 13:12:17 Robert Black wrote: > >> I was doing a search and ran across this > >> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7158135.html > >> It came up because it referenced terragear docs. Thought some might be > >> interested. > > > > Not that I care about software patents in the first place, but it looks > > like they are patenting ideas that are in public domain already. Since > > when has that become possible? > > For a very long time, and is why some of us have been actively fighting > software patents and other forms of Intellectual Property laws which do > nothing to protect authors and are in place to protect the profits of > large corporations and stifle innovation and competition.
Just to elaborate: I am against software patent. But when someone can patent ideas that are in public domain, then it doesn't just concern software patents anymore. It means the entire patenting system is broken. Ampere ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
