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Continuing fun with software patents

Continuing fun with software patents

Posted Feb 28, 2003 4:13 UTC (Fri) by torsten (guest, #4137)
Parent article: Continuing fun with software patents

Patents are not monopolies on ideas. They are monopolies on specific implementations of an idea.


Oh wait, things _have_ changed.

Torsten


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