Re: [Fwd: United States Patent: 6,862,609]

[jmerkey]

James Simmons wrote:

> > Patent law in the US is based on section 113 of the United States 
> > Constitution, and patents
> > are not going away.  Live with guys.  The best way to win the patent 
> > wars is for people
> > who do Linux development to file their own patents and put some stakes 
> > in the ground.
> >    
>
>   I have to agree with you. We need to apply for our own patients. The 
> problem is it cost to lay down patents. Who is going to pay? 
>  As for the  US Patent laws based on the constitution. That is no longer 
> the case. The Patent laws where changed when NAFTA and GATT went into 
> effect. Now the patent laws are changing again to meet WTO standards. The 
> whole planet is moving over to one universal set of patent laws. Those are 
> the laws to watch for. In fact India last month changed there own patent 
> laws to match WTO requirements. The WTO is not going away and they have 
> billons of dollars and world goverments behind them.
>  

Linus and friends need to find some legal resources to pay for the 
patent execution.
This software freedom law center should foot the bill.

Jeff
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