[DotGNU]illegal? iieee! (was Re: flexible for users, or flexible for developers?)

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Boris Kolar wrote:
> SSSCA, patenting most basic ideas,...).

Hey, that's CBDTPA, not SSSCA ;)

> Some patents are amazingly stupid and they realy prevent innovation. Why can't 
> we simply ignore them? What can they do? It's an
> international project, so such stupid patents and laws surely don't (and won't) 
> apply everywhere. I mean: who says US legislation
> applies to this project?

Read "Harm from the Hague" (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/hague.html). 
And what do you think orgs like WIPO exist for? To muscle countries into 
honoring patents and copyrights in other countries.

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