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Story: Software patent war ignites again
Posted by: Rick Stockton (Friday 22 September 2006, 2:31 AM)
If it's WRITTEN,like software, then it should be protected by COPYRIGHT.
The drive to "Monetize" ideas is getting really out of bounds, I think-- and if the USA does the crazy "first to file" proposal, nearly every thought shared by people over the last 50 years (or so) will become someone's EXCLUSIVE "property".
Patenting "ideas", rather than things, is an afront to civilization. We *really* shouldn't go there.
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Do they patent their bugs as well? Steve B -
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