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Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Dan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dan_ust@yahoo.com"><dan_ust@yahoo.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">In my mind bad. I disagree that not having patents stifles innovation.
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### Clearly, yes, patenting stimulates innovation (yeah, I know,
patents are issued by the state, and I also would prefer to have them
issued by a private authority but for now state patents are better
than nothing).
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It isn't clear to me or to anyone else here it seems. So perhaps it
actually is not so clear. Especially in very questionable areas such
as software patents. <br>
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