Comments on: Patents Roundup: America, Europe and Asia Share a Problem with Software Patents http://techrights.org/2010/02/19/america-europe-asia-swpat/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/02/19/america-europe-asia-swpat/comment-page-1/#comment-83351 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:24:37 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=27239#comment-83351 Fashion copyrights/patents are clearly one of the more ridiculous cases.

]]> By: The Mad Hatter http://techrights.org/2010/02/19/america-europe-asia-swpat/comment-page-1/#comment-83349 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:52:30 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=27239#comment-83349 I know there isn’t. 10 years of working with hardware design, after 10 years of working with software design, tells me that there is no difference.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/02/19/america-europe-asia-swpat/comment-page-1/#comment-83221 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:59:21 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=27239#comment-83221 I think there is. Code has less of a design and manufacturing process, so software patents are relatively unmanageable and thus silly. From an economic point of view, they make no sense.

]]> By: The Mad Hatter http://techrights.org/2010/02/19/america-europe-asia-swpat/comment-page-1/#comment-83217 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:23:39 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=27239#comment-83217 There isn’t any difference where patents are concerned.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/02/19/america-europe-asia-swpat/comment-page-1/#comment-83183 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:40:24 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=27239#comment-83183 We’re mostly focused on software in the Web site.

]]> By: The Mad Hatter http://techrights.org/2010/02/19/america-europe-asia-swpat/comment-page-1/#comment-83036 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:44:21 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=27239#comment-83036 Roy,

Get it right. Patents are a travesty. Doesn’t matter whether they are for hardware or software. Both are deadly.

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