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In article <1991Jul5.204917.5656@ccu.umanitoba.ca> dab@ubitrex.mb.ca (Danny Boulet) writes:
>In article <8198@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) writes:
>
>I suppose that another approach to the software patent problem is to not
>grant software patents.  I believe that this would tend to stifle innovation
>by inhibiting the release of new ideas.  I realize that the academic world
>provides rewards for people who publish their inventions.  Unfortunately,
>a lot of research is done by organizations which wouldn't benefit from the
>release of their ideas unless they can get some revenue from the release.
>Not granting software patents would mean that any potential commercial
>advantage which could be gained from a new idea would disappear quite
>quickly after the release of the idea.
	
	Of course you realize that Canada, and as far as I know, every
other nationother than the U.S, doesn't allow software patents. It
doesn't seem to be slowing innovation any, at least from what I can see
of development here on the wet coast.

	John Henders
	Vancouver,B.C.