From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-20 03:55:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: wojtek@power.com.pl (Wojtek Narczynski) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Software Patent Concerns => New Black Markets? Date: 20 Aug 2003 03:55:52 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ad0dd8a.0308200255.4e00e2a9@posting.google.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.160.20.107 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1061376952 30010 127.0.0.1 (20 Aug 2003 10:55:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Aug 2003 10:55:52 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41738 Date: 2003-08-20T10:55:52+00:00 List-Id: "Robert C. Leif" wrote in message news:... Patents have already managed to hurt Ada development (to some small extent).I recall some people saying that they cannot go on with realtime study in Ada, because somebody has a patent on adding "realtime api to a commodity OS". I think I could find you the exact reference if you wish. Feel free to show how patents have hepled Ada. Because they have worked well for you and your family, it doesn't imply that they are essential for progress. Look at the system as a whole. Indeed there was 'some' progress in software in the times when it was clear that software is not pattentable. There must have been enough 'investment incentives'; look at Gates, Ellison, Jobs - the gretest fortunes of all times. The link you have given only scratches the surface of the subject. Try those: http://petition.eurolinux.org/reference/ http://www.eurolinux.org/ Also, from what I know US FTC is working on some bombshell study on patents, that should be made available in 4 months. Patents are global resource waste, lawyer money, and time. Please account the time you spent on reading my posts to it. Regards, Wojtek