[Linux-aus] Re: Fwd: Software patents

[James Polley]

> Of course, since some tosser in the US has patented a particular plot device
> for a novel (I shit you not), obviously the patent clerk in "Reckless Kelly"
> was lying.  <grin>

I'm guessing you're referring to http://www.plotpatents.com ?

No patents have actually been granted yet - just applied for

Other links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ann_O'nyme/Storyline_patent
http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/wb/xp-42280

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There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself
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