Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:2387 comp.org.usenix:1903 Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.org.usenix Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: The chilling effect of software patents Message-ID: <1991Feb9.231111.27665@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <3735:Feb822:24:5991@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <10957@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <7802:Feb910:14:3891@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 1991 23:11:11 GMT In article <7802:Feb910:14:3891@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes: >The best solution would be for the LPF to push through legislation >eliminating these patents permanently. I'd rather see a shortening of patent length and a loosening of terms than a complete ban. The alternative to patents, all too often, is secrecy. -- "Maybe we should tell the truth?" | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology "Surely we aren't that desperate yet." | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry