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Re: US Software patents


From: Luke M
Subject: Re: US Software patents
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:40:45 -0800 (PST)


John W. Eaton wrote:
> 
> This post is a bit off topic, but if you care about free software
> projects like Octave, then you should also know about the threat posed
> by software patents.
> 
> If you are in the US, there is perhaps a (brief -- next few days)
> window of opportunity to "advise" the White House that software
> patents are a barrier to innovation (if "community" is defined
> broadly).  At http://www.whitehouse.gov/advise they are currently
> asking for responses to the question
> 
>   What are the obstacles to innovation that you see in
>   your community?  And what steps can be taken to remove them?
> 
> jwe

Done.  I don't think it's a stretch to define community as the "software
development community."  In fact I think they probably meant it that way.  I
didn't think to save and share my response last night, but anyone interested
in forming their own response might check the End Software Patents wiki for
more information:

http://en.swpat.org/
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