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[linux-team] Re: [Freesw] Re: Freesw Amazon against software patents (fwd)
Il est temps d'acheter ses livres chez www.fatbrain.com ou Agora LLN.
Après le one-click patent, le e-commerce patent bientot une patente pour
le tri bulle. (j'y pense bcp...!)
Après le tri bulle, pourquoi pas la liste chainée...
http://www.freepatents.org/
alx
[META] [ Alexandre Dulaunoy ] USER, n. The word computer
[T]echnology [ [AD4384-DARPA] ] professionals use when they
[I]nterface [ [AD993-RIPE] ] mean "idiot".
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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:19:03 +0100
From: Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr>
Reply-To: freesw@conecta.it
To: freesw@conecta.it
Subject: Re: [Freesw] Re: Freesw Amazon against software patents
an a reply by Tim O'Reilly
http://www.ora.com/ask_tim/patent_reform_0300.html
Amazon's Patent Reform Proposal
After all, if Time Magazine's Man of the Year says that the patent
system has gotten out of hand, that may well have more impact on the
powers that be than if 10,000 relatively anonymous programmers do s
Bernard
On Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 04:03:03PM +0100, Philippe.AIGRAIN@cec.eu.int wrote:
> Thanks for the reference. Note that there already proposals
> around 1995 in the States for a much shorter life-span for
> software-related patents, and at the time there was resistance
> to introduce different regimes + the contradiction with the
> examination duration appeared impossible to overcome.
>
> Jeff Bezos's position is clearly an important evolution.
> First because it illustrates the incredible power of grassroot
> movements in challenging business abuse. But also because
> it is an important recognition that in the information
> society, one can not go forever in the direction of
> more protection for IP assets.
> This said, Jeff Bezos contribution addresses only the
> issues of life-span and identification of prior art, and
> not other issues debated by software patents opponents such as:
> - business process patents being unacceptable by principle
> and not because of a particular implementation
> - software "per se" being embodiment of mathematical
> algorithms and software "per se" patents thus also unacceptable,
> even if a shorter time-frame restricts their adverse impact
> - patents calling for a-priori examination to be accepted
> and challenger burden of the proof to be dismissed, while
> on the contrary copyright is automatically granted and calls
> for claimer burden of the proof on infringement.
>
> So what do people think?
>
> Philippe
> > Open letter from Jeff Bezos
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/misc/patents.html/103-6977436-7321414
> >
> > what I have
> > in mind:
> >
> > 1. That the patent laws should recognize that business method and
> > software patents are fundamentally different than other kinds of
> > patents.
> >
> > 2. That business method and software patents should have a much
> > shorter lifespan than the current 17 years -- I would propose 3 to 5
> > years. This isn't like drug companies, which need long patent windows
> > because of clinical testing, or like complicated physical processes,
> > where you might have to tool up and build factories. Especially in the
> > age of the Internet, a good software innovation can catch a lot of
> > wind in 3 or 5 years.
> >
> > --
> > Bernard.Lang@inria.fr ,_ /\o \o/ Tel +33 1 3963 5644
> > http://pauillac.inria.fr/~lang/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Fax +33 1 3963 5469
> > INRIA / B.P. 105 / 78153 Le Chesnay CEDEX / France
> > Je n'exprime que mon opinion - I express only my opinion
> > CAGED BEHIND WINDOWS or FREE WITH LINUX
> >
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