____/ Homer on Monday 19 May 2008 23:44 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that erach27@xxxxxxxxx spake thusly:
>
>> Does posting this idea on the "USENET" a public domain forum ----
>> effectively destroy this idea.
>
> Only if it's /before/ the fact, i.e. prior art. Another way to deal with
> software patents is to simply move to a more civilised country that does
> not recognise them (FSVO: "move", which may simply mean registering your
> organisation abroad and/or hosting software overseas). By far the /best/
> way of dealing with software patents, is to lobby congress to revoke the
> whole pestilent system, but since it was corrupt congressmen who allowed
> software patents to be recognised in the first place, be sure to bring a
> few suitcases filled with non-sequential bills, otherwise you're wasting
> your time.
Have you not heard about American politicians trying to shove it down the EU's
throat at the moment? At the end, it's a brutal and corrupt thing. Similar
attempts are made in India.
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