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:eWeek: Software Patents Gone Bad

eWeek: Software Patents Gone Bad
Oct 7, 2004, 02 :30 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (5065 reads)
(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"Open-source and proprietary developers have at least one enemy in common: software patents.
"This latest mess with Kodak and Sun is just one of many, many examples of software patents gone amok. In this most recent example, one of Kodak's patents--by way of Wang Labs--covers when applications 'ask for help' from another application..."

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