Ban software patents !

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bmn ? ? ? Premium,ExMod 2003-06 join:2001-03-15 hiatus	Ban software patents ! Banning software patents would be a very good start in reforming the patent system in America. When you can patent something like "Buy It Now!" ( »arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20···364.html ) or "One Click" ( »cse.stanford.edu/class/cs201/pro···zon.html ), something is VERY, VERY wrong. -- Prove it... Save the Internet Time (NTP) service, use the pool.
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KrK Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy Premium join:2000-01-17 Tulsa, OK	Agreed. Software is protected by copyright. If someone writes their own code to do something you already did, you shouldn't be able to sue them for it--- unless they stole YOUR code.
	to forum · permalink · 2007-08-06 11:15:52 ·

Companies Support the Patent Reform Act of 2007 > Ban software patents !