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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM 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 21:08:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny03.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030723 Thunderbird/0.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Software Patent Concerns => New Black Markets? References: <3F43FA08.7090303@attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <3F43FA08.7090303@attbi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 04:08:44 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.84.176.54 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny03.gnilink.net 1061438924 162.84.176.54 (Thu, 21 Aug 2003 00:08:44 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 00:08:44 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41756 Date: 2003-08-21T04:08:44+00:00 List-Id: Robert I. Eachus wrote: > The thalidomide argument for drug patents is strong, but make sure you > understand it. I wasn't making an argument for patents, just for strong testing of drugs before they are granted the imprimatur of the FDA. (As an advocate of drug legalization, I would permit them to be sold even before approval, but that should have no impact on the FDA.)