[pp.int.general] software patents

[Samir Allioui]

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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Valentin Villenave
<v.villenave at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Samir Allioui
> <samir.allioui at pp-international.net> wrote:
> > Well, it is one of the 3 ingredients that makes a pirate party an pirate
> > party.
> > If this one is not excluded, you're nothing but a party who is (ab)using
> a
> > strong brand.
>
> It may generally be better, for pedagogical (or PR) purposes, to start
> by introducing the most striking examples of patent abuses:
> bio-patents and software patents are very useful in this regard. (But
> not only: for instance the company that patented Hindu yoga is also
> particularly self-explanatory.)
> Then come pharmaceutical patents, that take a bit longer to explain
> and oppose against ("but, what if patents are abolished and companies
> stop inventing new medications", etc.)
> Then come other, more trivial patents.
>
> My point is, there's a learning curve -- including for ourselves, so
> that we know exactly what we're talking about and how to talk about
> it. The "reject *all* patents NOW immediately immediately or else it
> means you're not a responsible citizen/not a legit Pirate" approach,
> while ethically valid, might not be the most efficient one on a
> long-term perspective. Can we agree on that?
>
> Cheers,
> Valentin
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