On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 09:11 +0100, olivier wrote:
Lee wrote:
No one else has any
right to my creations - they are mine. It is up to
ME >whether I want
to
give it away or charge for it or refuse to show it to
anyone.
hello,
in a perfect world, where everybody is ok,
you are completly right,
but patent can be a problem about life or death ...
this article explain it better that I can do:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/health/12717990.htm
It sounds like the system works:
"A World Trade Organization agreement reached in 2003 allows countries
facing a public health emergency to issue "compulsory licenses" to
manufacture generic versions of patented drugs."
Lee