[Klug-general] Software Patents
Stephen Ryan
sryan at intrench.com
Mon Dec 10 09:56:53 GMT 2007
Hi everyone,
Will be organising that meeting in Lympne after Xmas.
Here is a quote from a professor of some note regarding situation with
software patents.
Thought this might be of interest.
"I think you should remember that only 1% of patents produce any real
income - 10% break even on costs of gaining protection and the rest lose
money. Getting a patent is perhaps the easiest part of the process."
For those who haven't seen it yet, checkout Richard Stallman's speech on the
dangers of software patents(2004). Fast forward to Richard Stallman - the
chap at the beginning is inaudible.
Speech
http://www.archive.org/details/ifso-stallman
Transcript
http://www.ifso.ie/documents/rms-2004-05-24.html#starving
Stephen Ryan
www.intrench.com
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