[Linux-aus] linux-aus Digest, Vol 9, Issue 48

[Andrew Pam]

Ian Callahan wrote:
>> The point about patents (to me) is that some of us are old enough to remember
>> a time when there was no such thing as a software patent. That changed, I can't
>> recall exactly when but, around 1990.

The History of Software Patents
http://www.bitlaw.com/software-patent/history.html

Deepak Malhotra's History of Software Patents in the U.S.
http://patentsusa.blogspot.com/2007/02/state-street-bank-trust-co-v-signature.html

Regards,
	Andrew
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