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Election 2006 (and beyond): Digital Copyright Canada

Free/Libre Software and Community Networking FORUM

interesting software patents article

From: keb_-at-_Cyblings.ON.CA (Krishna E. Bera)
Date: 4 Jul 2000 12:09:10 -0400

"The Evitability of Software Patents, 
IEEE Computer, Vol.33, No.3, 2000 March, 30-34 
(asserts that intellectual property laws should be examined for the social benefits they are supposed to bring; questions the appropriateness of patent and copyright protection for software; and suggests that industrial design and trademark protection should instead be used)"
ftp://ftp.comp.utas.edu.au/pub/nholmes/gnrl/Cm0Mr0.pdf

[on the index page ftp://ftp.comp.utas.edu.au/pub/nholmes/index.html
the author implores readers to adhere to the copyright, educational use only.]

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