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Article #73555Re: Ben Franklin on patents
From: Scott Horne
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1991 03:09
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1991 03:09
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In article <0cgKBxK00j5uAwB4cs@andrew.cmu.edu>, jb3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon Allen Boone) writes:
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< And, best of all, GNU could use all of these patented ideas
<and would only have to pay 3-5% of the tape distribution costs mod #
<of patented ideas per tape - GNU software available via anonymous ftp
<would still be 0 cost.
Excuse me, but I don't see GNU champing at the bit to use anyone's patented
ideas.
--Scott
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9434f7b17f215464 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-08-21 00:11:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!cs.yale.edu!cs.yale.edu!horne-scott From: horne-scott@cs.yale.edu (Scott Horne) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Ben Franklin on patents Message-ID: <1991Aug21.030950.16687@cs.yale.edu> Date: 21 Aug 91 03:09:50 GMT References: <PCG.91Aug18210217@aberda.aber.ac.uk> <04PX74w164w@mantis.co.uk> <0cgKBxK00j5uAwB4cs@andrew.cmu.edu> Sender: news@cs.yale.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Computer "Science" Dept, Yale University Lines: 17 Originator: horne@suned.CS.Yale.Edu Nntp-Posting-Host: zoo-gw.cs.yale.edu