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From: Paul E. Hoffman
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 03:41

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oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl) writes:

>From your post, I cannot figure out why you did not also ask about
>patenting the software.  Have you made the conscious choice not to
>pursue patent protection?

Maybe he/she is writing something that is copyrightable but not patentable.
Maybe he/she doesn't want to hand some lawyer K$ for a silly patent
application.
Mabye he/she doesn't believe in software patents.

From the original posting, you have ***absolutely*** no idea what the
software is. Why are you suggesting that it the person try to patent it?
The vast majority of commercial software is not patentable.

>>Paul Hoffman
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