On Sun, May 02, 1999 at 07:51:05AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Sun, May 02, 1999 at 11:28:55AM +0100, James Troup wrote: > > > > We *do* care if, say, Apple comes up with some kind of streaming media > > > > server and patents the codec. > > > This makes free implementations of that codec non-us. => > > Assuming they only patent it in the US. > Software patents in pretty much the rest of the world are illegal. > Including Germany for that matter.
Errr, what? Software patents are perfectly valid in Oz. They're even administered somewhat more sensibly than in the US. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. PGP encrypted mail preferred. ``Smart, sexy, single. Pick any two (you can't have all three).'' -- RFC 1925, paraphrased: a guide to networking in the '90s
