[OT] Free software versus software idea patents

[Mel]

harrismh777 wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:

>>> >  At this point Microsoft has absolutely nothing to offer the computer
>>> >  science community at large except bzillions of euros ( or dollars ) of
>>> >  wasteful litigation and head-ache.
>> Do you have an example of this wasteful litigation?
>
>      You have to be kidding, right?  Check *any* of the sites I listed 
> above and read about it... software idea patent litigation is a business 
> now worth billions of dollars per year. 

One of the premier sites:

    http://www.groklaw.net/

	Mel.