Re: Looking for prior art for US Patent #4,624,462

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From: Noah Friedman
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 09:05

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>Is there any room in your analysis for the possibility that their patent
>is and should be valid and that "ma and pa" simply want to steal the
>invention for profit?

It is the official position of the League for Programming Freedom that
software patents are harmful to the industry, and its goal is to lobby for
clarification in the law which would prohibit them (as well as for
copyright on user interfaces to programs).  If you want more information,
write to lpf@uunet.uu.net and ask.

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From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Noah Friedman)
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Subject: Re: Looking for prior art for US Patent #4,624,462
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