After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>> If it is simple compilation and linking, I think there about 40 years of
>> prior art there.
>
> Go ahead and prove it. Got a million dollar to spare on lawyers on a trial?
> Therein lies the issue with the USPTO. Once a junk patent is granted, it take
> a HUGE amount of effort to rubbish it.
Agreed.
And they think Free software is dangerous!
> The question remains: can the
> US 'infect' other countries with its laws? Can enough politicians be bribed
> into it? The USPTO (and American innovation) will die because of this. The
> bigger question to ask if whether other countries will be taken down _along_
> with the US, in which case we're entering a scientific dark age where lawyers
> replace scientists.
It could well be happening.
And the depletion of oil could well be the final blow.
<sick grin>
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Tux rox!
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