24 Sep
2003
24 Sep
'03
9:38 a.m.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 12:59:32PM +0300, Juhana Sadeharju wrote:
I would like to propose the following: if EU gets the
software
patents, then should non-profit open source community and non-profit
academic researchers get patents for free. Then we would be in
equally competitive situation. IMHO, the current patent system
discriminate us.
That doesnt help. The basic problem (AFAIK) is that if a big company gets
a patenent covering something youre working on (even if you have prior
art) there nothing you can do about it, if they take you to court you cant
afford to fight them and you will either have to give in or go bankrupt.
- Steve