[Klug-general] Software Patents

[Stephen Ryan]

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