Critical vote for US patent law due
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| The chief problem is that many damages awards bear little relation to the
| actual worth of the patent compared to all of the other elements which make
| up the total end product.
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| The danger is that if the Congressional subcommittee doesn't make a
| decision soon, the potential law will go onto the backburner after July 4th
| elections.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39598
Also see (and support):
Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
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| The Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII)
| is a non-profit organisation dedicated to establishing a free
| market in information technology, by the removal of barriers
| to competition. The FFII was largely responsible for the
| rejection of the EU software patent directive in July 2005,
| working closely with the European Parliament and many partners
| from industry and civil society. CNET awarded the FFII the
| Outstanding contribution to software development award for
| this work, which was the result of years of research, policy,
| and action. Today we continue to defend your right to a free
| and competitive software market by working towards sane
| patent systems and open standards.
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http://www.ffii.org/
More good analysis of Microsoft's patent FUD:
On Microsoft's feeble Fortune-based nastygram to Red Hat
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| Microsoft has lost its guts. Maybe they're on the floor of Bill Gates's
| "think week" cabin.
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| [...]
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| With this unbelievable, weak reply, Ballmer chose to threaten many of
| Microsoft's largest customers with the possibility of legal action, if
| they've picked up Linux, as most of Microsoft's largest customers have. In
| so doing, the CEO replaced Gates's straight-forward feistiness of
| yesteryear with a vacuous grimace delivered via the vehicle of a business
| publication.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/14/microsoft_fortune_redhat/
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