[OT] Free software versus software idea patents

Thu Apr 7 13:15:02 EDT 2011

harrismh777 wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:

>>> > At this point Microsoft has absolutely nothing to offer the computer
>>> > science community at large except bzillions of euros ( or dollars ) of
>>> > wasteful litigation and head-ache.
>> Do you have an example of this wasteful litigation?
>> You have to be kidding, right? Check *any* of the sites I listed 
> above and read about it... software idea patent litigation is a business 
> now worth billions of dollars per year. 

One of the premier sites:
 http://www.groklaw.net/
	Mel.