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Story: Patent directive 'could halt Linux development'
Posted by: Joseph Smozev (Tuesday 1 March 2005, 9:06 PM)
Do you guys understand the difference between a patent and copyrighted code?
I didn't think so.
Linux, I'm sure, does infringe on patent, by the mere fact that patents on obvious ways of doing things are stupid. Just because its stupid and wrong doesn't mean that Linux *isn't* infringing on students patents.
There's a patent for Amazon to have one-click buying, for christ's sake!
So, get off your ignorant soap box, and join the fight against software patents.
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Story: Patent directive 'could halt Linux development'
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