[Fsf-friends] Patents can Kill People

Vijay Kumar vijaykumar@bravegnu.org
Sun Mar 6 22:27:26 IST 2005


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

> > You are trying to associate
> > proprietary software with patents. 
> That is true.  Free Software does not require patents.
> Patent holders can control/restrict use of patented softwares.
> >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 

We might disagree on whether the two are mutually exclusive. But
that's a different issue. 

Going back to where we forked off from - proprietary software
developers/users also have a reason to fight against software
patents. I guess you will agree with that.

Regards
Vijay



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