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Submitted by Willy Smith on 2 August, 2004 - 13:52.

"A STUDY by a firm offering insurance against litigation will claim this
week that a total of 283 software patents could put Linux users at risk
of being sued."


The Enquirer has this article in English.


In Heise.de, auf Deutsch.


De TooLinux.fr, en français.


De CadenaSer.com, en español.

Once again, this is probably a good argument for why cultures who "respect Intellectual Property" will fall behind those who embrace openness.

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Funny you should mention this...

Submitted by Taran on 3 August, 2004 - 05:48.

I wrote up 'Patent Quotas? Here's a Solution' this weekend, and it refers to ' Gates wants patent power'...

We've had Civil Disobedience. Why not Civil Intellectual Disobedience?

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