The guy who propagated the software patents so hard here in Europe is now
the French president, so will see.

Tamas




On 5/22/07, Howard Winter <HDRW@h2org.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 May 2007 09:37:10 -0600, Robert Rolf wrote:
>
> > FYI
> >
> >
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=89&articleId=9019238&intsrc=hm_topic
> >
> > Also see
> >
> > http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/3937
> >
> > But what I found more interesting (on above page) is that Microsoft's
> FAT patent is invalid,
> > so using FAT with PIC's (flash cards) is no longer a patent
> infringement.
>
> Of course, this is a mainly American problem, since most of the rest of
> the World doesn't have patents on software.  They tried to slip it in in
> Europe
> last year, but it was soundly beaten.  Won't stop them trying again, of
> course!
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Howard Winter
> St.Albans, England
>
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