Re: [linux-audio-dev] a new patent to worry about

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] a new patent to worry about
From: Erik de Castro Lopo (erikd-lad_AT_mega-nerd.com)
Date: Thu Aug 26 2004 - 00:53:03 EEST


On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 22:02:53 +0200
Andrea Glorioso <sama_AT_miu-ft.org> wrote:

> Only if you have enough money and time to afford to do that.

Exactly. However, the existance of a large number of patents has a
chilling effect on innovation, exactly the opposite of what patents
are supposed to achieve.

Personally, I hope microsoft and all the other patent happy bozos
end up overwhelming the USPTO so that the whole thing collapses
under its own weight.

Erik

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