[Fsf-friends] Patents can Kill People

[Vijay Kumar]

"M.Balakrishna Pillai" <mbpillai@asianetindia.com> writes:

> > 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.

I didn't really understand that! You are trying to associate
proprietary software with patents. But, a free software developer can
also apply for a patent on a particular idea, and require that
programs using the idea be free! And guess what, people have already
done that. Check out 
http://www.advogato.org/article/89.html
http://www.levien.com/patents.html

Regards,
Vijay