Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: Copyrights vs. Patents

Author:Jim Stegman
Posted:8/31/2000; 1:46:03 PM
Topic:The Lie of "IP"
Msg #:20607 (In response to 20603)
Prev/Next:20606 / 20608

But he also says that nobody else can write one-click software, and that's just plain rude. With the patent office issuing thousands of software patents a year, it's getting hard to write software.

Absolutely! It's like the Beatles patenting the word, "Yesterday", so no one else can use it in a song.

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