> Reality is that the US market is so large it can
> bully other markets into enforcing US style
> protections.
They're sure trying. But plan to introduce software patents in the European Union failed so far. Besides, whole idea of patents is way different in Europe. You cannot patent something,
which was previously relased to public.
> Not to mention, if you piss off a big US company
> you might spend some quality time in a jail cell
> when you come to visit.
Then again, I might not want to come and visit. You know, anthrax, terrorist, feds treating every foreigner as the incarnation of bin Laden, etc.
>>E=mc2 is not patentable
>Was not then, probably is today.
Only in the USA. And it won't be valid anywhere else in the world. So that's USA internal problem.
Noone else has to give a damn about software patents. PNG developers can move to a country
where there is some real freedom.
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I wonder if CNN's gonna broadcast something like "CIA has found links suggesting, that al-Qaida is responsible for this act of terrorism." ;-)
> Reality is that the US market is so large it can
> bully other markets into enforcing US style
> protections.
They're sure trying. But plan to introduce software patents in the European Union failed so far. Besides, whole idea of patents is way different in Europe. You cannot patent something,
which was previously relased to public.
> Not to mention, if you piss off a big US company
> you might spend some quality time in a jail cell
> when you come to visit.
Then again, I might not want to come and visit. You know, anthrax, terrorist, feds treating every foreigner as the incarnation of bin Laden, etc.
>>E=mc2 is not patentable
>Was not then, probably is today.
Only in the USA. And it won't be valid anywhere else in the world. So that's USA internal problem.
Noone else has to give a damn about software patents. PNG developers can move to a country
where there is some real freedom.