Steve Hooker's Radio: kids, war, blogs, gadgets: A Welsh man in the wrong country, going home
![]()
|
Independent web developer. Graphic designer, web designer, Frontier developer, Manila hoster, latest project: intranet build for Government Office of West Midlands (UK), committed blogger since 1999.
See more details on services and more personal background who and where. |
Patents to kill small and open source software?
Patents to kill small and open source software?
1084 Also posted to: cyberSaps
. At: 11:27:15 PM . .
Permalink Top Search Google Technorati
Other title(s) for this story:
"European businesses will be worse off as a result because US companies hold the majority of the patents and the patent know-how."
Software is different from drug patents. It's built on prior art and to have to spend £300,000 fighting one's case is a non starter for any small company.
1084 Also posted to: cyberSaps
Permalink Top Search Google Technorati
Other title(s) for this story:
