Software Patents (was Re: Initial Proposal to solve this non-US issue)

[Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>]

> > Yeah, in the general case it probably isn't legal to write any
> > software in the U.S. [because you can't guarantee that you're not
> > infringing on any patents when you do so].

john@dhh.gt.org <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
> What an amazing notion! According to that theory it is illegal to
> manufacture anything in the US, and has been for about 200 years.

Please visit http://lpf.ai.mit.edu to see why this is an issue for
the design of software where it hasn't been such an issue for the most
production processes.

-- 
Raul