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- From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman)
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- Subject: Re: Looking for prior art for US Patent #4,624,462
- Message-ID: <FRIEDMAN.93Jan26010535@nutrimat.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 09:05:35 GMT
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- In-reply-to: dfishman@teal.csn.org's message of 26 Jan 93 00:33:45 GMT
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- >Is there any room in your analysis for the possibility that their patent
- >is and should be valid and that "ma and pa" simply want to steal the
- >invention for profit?
-
- It is the official position of the League for Programming Freedom that
- software patents are harmful to the industry, and its goal is to lobby for
- clarification in the law which would prohibit them (as well as for
- copyright on user interfaces to programs). If you want more information,
- write to lpf@uunet.uu.net and ask.
-