Re: [tlug] LETTER FROM LINSPIRE FOUNDER

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com>]

On Tue, 15 May 2007 19:25:13 +0900 (JST), "Michael Engel"
<mkengel@example.com> wrote:

> The only thing which then counts is if these patents will be upheld or
> not. Even if not, this is a hard blow towards the acceptance of Linux
> etc. Many people will hesitate using it.

Only in the US.

Elsewhere, in particular in the EU, software *cannot* be patented. M$'s
allegedly infringed upon 235 patents simply do not exist and are
therefore not enforceable this side of the Pond.

-- 
G. Stewart - gstewart@example.com

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and 
he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

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