[CoLoCo] FIRST LINUX LAWSUIT PATENT

[Michael "TheZorch" Haney]

Neal McBurnett wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 09:46:37AM -0600, Alex Comer wrote:
>   
>> Nothing to see here folks, move along.
>>
>> By which I mean to say that IANAL, but upon reading this preposterous claim I
>> expect this to blow over. Reading this patent is enough to make you want to
>> vomit.
>>
>> A
>>
>> On 10/12/07, phillip tribble <phillip.tribble at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-10-12-018-26-NW-RH-LL
>>     
>
> Techies have known these sorts of patents were technically and
> constitutionally invalid and wrong for decades.  The legislature and
> courts aren't so smart.  Even defending against stupid patents can
> cost millions.  Note that Apple presumably paid money to these folks.
>
> The patent system is broken in the US.  They are avoiding software
> patents in the european union.  It is time to overturn precedent in
> the US and do the same thing here....
>
> If not, we'll all be in a world of hurt, catching up with free
> software 20 years after others deploy obvious things that they also
> patent.
>
>  League for Programming Freedom (LPF) http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/
>
>  This suit: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071011205044141
>
> Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/
>
>   
Under the original definition of "Patents", abstract concepts.  Only 
mechanical objects can be patented, but misunderstanding by the Patent 
Office over what software is has allowed this to happen.  We do need 
Reform and we need to retroactively ban all existing software patents 
while we're at it.

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