> The EPO is already doing a great job as far as "software patents" are > concerned.
Yes, they reject most of them. In many overseas countries, the idea that software being Patentable is only slowly being accepted. At the time the U.S. finally stopped pretended these Patents weren't issuing and addressed the issue head on, our European counterparts were still saying "NO patents on Software!". A decade later, they are realizing their error. I am not sure where you guys have been for the last 20 years, but this is an OLD, OLD issue. Patenting of Software is no longer up for discussion, it arrived in 1995. So get over it. It hasn't "destroyed" the software business. In fact, it has protected many small developers from larger companies, like Microsoft. If you don't have a Patent on your software invention, Bill Gates can take it, for free, and give you NOTHING in return. Patents protect the little guy. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
