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SubjectRe: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux

On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Chris Wedgwood wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 12:23:49AM +0100, MOLNAR Ingo wrote:
>
> > it was sarcastic, obviously they wont. But we can, and theres more
> > of us per congressman :)
>
> Your dealing with a group of people more centered around cigars and
> seamen stained dresses than reality and common sense.

the other half of the congress is more than enough ;)

> The only chance you have on enlightening these people, is perhaps, to
> show them (certain) patents are harming their trade or industry.
> Something like maintaining a patch-set of useful bits and pieces that
> can't be used in the US. The more useful it is, the better.

no need to show hypotetical benefits, just lets show them the amount of
time and money the hightech industry is spending on working around too
generic patents. and show them the number of patents held by Nobel-prize
nominees and holders: zero. it's just not the true inventors who make and
benefit from patents anymore.

-- mingo


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