Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Software Patents - Mailing list pgsql-www

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Software Patents
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Msg-id 42692E13.6010602@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Software Patents  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
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>
> Myself, I believe that software patents can be useful if the patent in
> question is properly/strictly defined ... the big thing, for me, is that
> there have been *alot* being approved that are *way* too generic, and
> that is something that needs/should be fixed ...

I have yet to see any software patent that does not have some level of
prior art. That doesn't mean they are not there but I haven't seen them.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake
Command Prompt, Inc.


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> Email: scrappy@hub.org           Yahoo!: yscrappy              ICQ: 7615664


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