From wtanksle@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx Thu Jun 10 09:58:35 1999 X-Digest-Num: 163 Message-ID: <44114.163.960.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:58:35 -0700 From: William Tanksley I am currently very actively lobbying the EU patent organisations because > of the imminent danger of patentability of programming concepts (so called > "software patents"). The EU commission and the Administrative Council of > European Patent Organisations are trying to pave the way for this by > modifying the European Patent Convention (EPC). A working group for this > is to be nominated on June 24/25 at a conference in Paris. I'm glad to hear that. Software and idea patents are a very real danger. > My lobbying goals are: > 2 cut examination and research costs by putting all data in the internet > under an Open Content license and thus opening a free market for > independent patent research specialists Pardon? All data in the Internet? You have no right to change the license of my data merely because I publish it on the Internet! Hmm... I'm re-reading that now... A less offensive wording might have been "...by publishing all patent data on the Internet under...". I hope this is what you meant to say. > -phm -- -William "Billy" Tanksley Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! :-: May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!