On 15 May 2007 21:11:20 +0100, Ciaran O'Riordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The best way to respond in the Philippines, IMO, would be to verify that the Philippine patent office is not approving software patents, and, if necessary, ask the government for a very clear statement in Philippine patent legislation saying that software ideas/functionality are not patentable. (I haven't read the Philippine legislation on what is patentable.) Then no one in the Philippines will ever have to worry about Microsoft's software patents.
I agree. We could legislate greater liability for software vendors for software bugs and fraud due to exploitation of bugs too. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
