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Bullard, Claude L (Len) writes: > BTW, I agree that the copyright laws are becoming ever more absurd. > Apparently so did Ginsburg but stated rightly, it is not their job > to set policy for Congress. OTOH, anyone who thinks that the > international systems for patents will vanish in an act of good > will toward the Internet or for the particular good of open source > software simply isn't in business. Note that patents on software and algorithms are not that common outside the U.S., though I understand that the E.U. was considering them. The U.S. just got a little silly about the whole thing -- unfortunately, it's the one market that's too big for the rest of us to ignore. I wonder how long it will be until the USPTO starts granting patents for book and movie plots. All the best, David -- David Megginson, david@m..., http://www.megginson.com/
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