European rejection of software patents is a victory for open source
European rejection of software patents is a victory for open source
Posted Jul 21, 2005 7:12 UTC (Thu) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)In reply to: European rejection of software patents is a victory for open source by flewellyn
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Actually, I *WOULDN'T* buy that ... :-)
It was discovered seven years before it was patented, and it was in (government) use as a trade secret pretty rapidly, again certainly long before it was patented.
Cheers,
Wol