[Gllug] Gates in Europe today pushing software patents

[John Hearns]

Richard Jones wrote:
> 
> Right - the people who invented the first processors, networks, etc.
> patented everything, and that really helped.  

Not just the first processors/networks, but the concept of HTML and the Web.
Doubtless oddles of patents on HTML etc.
But my point stands - HTML/Web released into the public domain, spreads 
like wildfire.
If it were patented and licensed, it would have been licensed to act as 
an add-on to Digital Vax and Digital Unix computers. It would be a 
historical curio today.
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