The chilling effect of software patents
Henry Spencer
henry at zoo.toronto.edu
Sun Feb 10 10:11:11 AEST 1991
In article <7802:Feb910:14:3891 at kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd at kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
>The best solution would be for the LPF to push through legislation
>eliminating these patents permanently.
I'd rather see a shortening of patent length and a loosening of terms than
a complete ban. The alternative to patents, all too often, is secrecy.
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"Maybe we should tell the truth?" | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
"Surely we aren't that desperate yet." | henry at zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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