On Friday 29 August 2003 23:50, Mark Knecht wrote: > I guess I need to go do some reading, because I don't understand the > protest. It always seems, to me anyway, like the have not's trying to use > what the have's have for free. It always comes off, to me, like it's a > requirement for companies to pay employees wages, but companies shouldn't > be able to own property, physical or intellectual no matter what they paid > the people to do the work. > > Where can I read a discussion about both sides of this to get the other > point of view?
Here is the main anti-patent site with many links and background information. http://swpat.ffii.org/index.en.html And it is pretty objective too. For even more links you can check out slashdot. Oh, and by the way, as reported in the German heise newsticker, the vote in the European Parliament on the proposed legislation has been postponed due to the protest. Cheers, Renat -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
