[Fsf-friends] Patents can Kill People

M.Balakrishna Pillai mbpillai@asianetindia.com
Sun Mar 6 16:29:50 IST 2005


On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 04:30:52PM +0530, Vijay Kumar wrote:
> "M.Balakrishna Pillai" <mbpillai@asianetindia.com> writes:
> 
> > pd.cpim.org runs Microsoft - IIS/6.0
> > 
> > If they themselves cannot, how can they persuade others ?
> 
> They are using proprietary software. They did not file a software
> patent! The two issues are different. 

NO, patents are title (I do not know the correct word) of ownership of
proprietary software.  The are not mutually exclusive.

With regards

M.Balakrishna Pillai



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