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LinuxPR: deepLINUX Petition on BT’s Hyperlink Patent Claim

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 18, 2000

“..I do EVERYTHING via hyperlink of some kind. By READING this
article, you too are using hyperlinks. How do you feel about paying
for every link you have on your website?..”

“It has come to our attention that British Telecom is
actually trying to exercise their options to collect royalties on
the outrageous claim that they OWN HYPERLINKS. What we need are
people from all over to sign our petition, so that we can send it
off to every media outlet on the planet.”

The petition can be found at:
http://www.deeplinux.com/article.php?sid=40&mode=&order=0

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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