Subj : Re: Software Patents To : comp.programming From : Bryan Hackney Date : Fri Jul 08 2005 03:32 am websnarf@gmail.com wrote: > Bryan Hackney wrote: > >>CBFalconer wrote: >> >>>There is hope yet. Somebody did the right thing. See: >>> >>> >> >>I would call that a landslide. The US software business can rot >>while the rest of the world takes over. We are so stupid sometimes. > > [irrelevant comment snipped] > > The US market is still the largest (or it may be roughly equal to that > of the EU) so european software developers will still want to avoid US > patents to make sure they can sell stuff in the US. > I was thinking more along the lines of Linux development, where the non-US developers can blithely go about their work, and where potential US users who could benefit greatly are under court orders to avoid even using Linux because of our stupid laws. > Its a great first step, but we'll have to see if europeans businesses > end up following a "defacto" US patent following policy or not, > regardless of whether or not there are real laws in place. > [irrelevant anti-semitic and miso-american comment snipped] .