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Story: Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
Posted by: Dave Stover (Friday 26 November 2004, 2:55 AM)
I understand that Microsoft applied for a patent for the "double click" feature found in one of its hand held, remote, devices. Do you suppose that means that any device manufactured from now on that utlizes the double click feature found in almost all software will legally require permission from MS?
We are in deep do-do if that is so. Perhaps I cannot even say do-do. Maybe only one "do".
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Story: Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
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Linus is right.
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Torvalds is right.
I hope Europe doesn't make the... Anonymous
