]> http://www.easyweb.co.uk/taxonomy/term/54/0 en http://www.easyweb.co.uk/Members/martin/blog/blog_post.2005-06-21.4636177366 If patent law had been applied to novels in the 1880s, great books would not have been written. If the EU applies it to software, every computer user will be restricted, says Richard Stallman. Republished with permission from <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1510566,00.html">today's Guardian</a>. <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.easyweb.co.uk/Members/martin/blog/blog_post.2005-06-21.4636177366" dc:identifier="http://www.easyweb.co.uk/Members/martin/blog/blog_post.2005-06-21.4636177366" dc:title="Patent Absurdity" trackback:ping="http://www.easyweb.co.uk/trackback/23" /> </rdf:RDF> --> patents Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:58:19 +0000