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CEC Software Patent Consultation 2000 Submissions: Damian Yerrick

a fan of opensource software from the USA explains why software patents harm the development of software and benefit only lawyers

author:
Damian Yerrick
Date of Submission:
2000-10-27
files:
yerrick.pdf and local copy



[ European Consultation on the Patentability of Computer-Implementable Rules of Organisation and Calculation (= Programs for Computers) | PbT Consultants 2001: Summary Report on EU Software Patentability Consultation | Günter Schölch: Comments on the Consultation Paper | CEC Software Patent Consultation 2000 Submissions: Damian Yerrick | Eurolinux Alliance 2000-12: Submission to the EC Consultation on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Rules of Organisation and Calculation (Programs for Computers) | German Informatics Corporatists worried about Systematics of Patent Law: GI Position Paper on Patentability of Computer Implementable Rules of Organisation and Calculation ]
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