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Evidence or urban legend - "problems" companies have

Evidence or urban legend - "problems" companies have

Posted May 29, 2011 18:50 UTC (Sun) by Wol (guest, #4433)
In reply to: Evidence or urban legend - "problems" companies have by AdamW
Parent article: Mark Shuttleworth on companies and free software

However, the district of East Texas doesn't (much as it might like to) have jurisdiction over the world.

For example, where I live, software patents are EXplicitly NOT permitted. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop the EPO granting them in contravention of their constitution :-(

Cheers,
Wol

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