As I've mentioned before, you can ask for, and be granted, software patents in europe, but the law doesn't actually include a way to sue them. Yes, this is a weird situation, but the plan to fill in that particular blank has been thwarted for about a decade now with constant campaigning in brussels by lots and lots of small business owners and freelancers living all around europe.
On Sep 13, 6:22 pm, Josh Suereth <[email protected]> wrote: > So what does this organization do:http://www.epo.org/ ?? > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Yes, Cedric, you _think_. Which is the point. There's no proof, though > > there are many indicators its not working as designed. My argument has > > always been that, given the draconian, near thought-crime nature of > > patent law, the burden of proof is clearly on the ones in favour of > > it. You're trying to twist the argument arond to: There's no proof it > > DOESNT work, so we should keep them. > > > The UK and europe easily show that you don't NEED software patents. > > > On Sep 13, 9:03 am, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Miroslav Pokorny < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I mentioned ARM as even though they are a hardware company they too > > exist > > > > purely because of trust and excellence rather than patents. > > > > I'll take your word for that but I'll offer something for you to think > > > about: if they were located in a country with software patent laws, maybe > > > they would be doing even better than they are right now, precisely > > because > > > they are excellent. With software patent laws, they would be able to > > protect > > > their excellent ideas for a few years, thereby guaranteeing more sales, > > more > > > revenues, more funding for R&D, which would lead to even more innovations > > > coming from them. > > > > I think that software patent laws help great companies while hindering > > > mediocre ones (by preventing them from copying other people's ideas > > before > > > they have been tapped). > > > > -- > > > Cédric > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
