An informative read is "The Dangers of Software Patents": http://www.ifso.ie/documents/rms-2004-05-24.html
Patents on curing rubber can be fine, even if the patented idea mentions software. The problem is when a patent covers a software idea that *could* be used for curing rubber, but which could also be used for other purposes, such as software development - democratised acts that don't involve a factory. -- Ciarán O'Riordan __________________ \ http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3 http://ciaran.compsoc.com/ _________ \ GPLv3 and other work supported by http://fsfe.org/fellows/ciaran/weblog \ Fellowship: http://www.fsfe.org _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
