> very doubtful, and certainly not what the law was intended to 
> mean.  
(snip)
> at least that seems to be the result most of
> the time when large companies sue over alleged patent infringement. 

You seem to confuse patent and copyright. If that is true I would not
trust your opinion if I were you! A derived work which consitutes a
reasonable amount of (added) work is certainly protected by copyright
law.

Wouter van Ooijen

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