Re: ``Software floods the patent office'' (review)

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From: Lawrence C. Foard
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1991 20:25

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I think the best way to fight software patents may be to purposely abuse them
as much as possible. For example gnu could patent everything that isn't nailed
down already, then require enormous licensing fees if the idea is used in for
pay software (no license required for free software). Suddenly the big
software patent advocates would experience the damage done by bad patent law
first hand.  

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