[ILUG] patents again

[Colm MacCarthaigh]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 11:23:09AM +0100, James McCarthy wrote:
> you might try to put it to him in such a way as it's to his personal
> benefit to oppose software patents, do that and he'll find an official
> reason to oppose them himself.
> ....... so..., how would software patents hurt his career in the near term...?

Unless he's planning to become a programmer, not at all. If anything,
oppisition to software patents is far more risky from a career point of
view.

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Colm MacCárthaigh                        Public Key: colm+pgp at stdlib.net