HaywireMac wrote:
So the ethos of that argument is that that you cannot patent code it's something akin to a writer publishing a piece of liturature, it is his work, but it's not a novel invention . Have I understood it correctly ?On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:46:59 +0000 John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
Well I don't see how I'm going to be able to put the case to my local
MEP. I mean I'm no expert, and he/she is no expert and they have to
put some sort of a case to the legislators to get them to listen.
http://petition.eurolinux.org/reference/law.html
Pretty much. A software patent would be like a crime writer trying to patent the idea that the butler did it.
Sir Robin
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