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Old 08-30-2010
Paul Allen's Complaint Against the World, as text
So, do you hate software patents yet, now that you've read about Paul Allen's patent infringement lawsuit against the world and his dog?
I think it ought to inspire you, reading Allen's complaint [PDF], that it might get you to the tipping point, or at least help you to understand why most engineers do hate software patents, because they are a drain on the economy and a hindrance to innovation. So we did Allen's complaint as text, sort of as Exhibit A, shall we say, illustrating the point.
But if you can figure out precisely what this litigation is about from this complaint, what the defendants are alleged to have done wrong, you are doing better than I am. It's unbelievably vague.
So are the patents. What is it that these patents do? What's the process or method? I mean, "Alerting Users to Items of Current Interest", a patent on a system for recommending things that might interest you based on your interest in something else? How's this for prior art? When I go to the local hamburger joint, they ask me if I want fries with my burger.

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ace::graphics::glyph::ex

Ace::Graphics::Glyph::ex(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			     Ace::Graphics::Glyph::ex(3pm)

NAME

       Ace::Graphics::Glyph::ex - The "X" glyph

SYNOPSIS

	 See L<Ace::Graphics::Panel> and L<Ace::Graphics::Glyph>.

DESCRIPTION

       This glyph draws an "X".

   OPTIONS
       In addition to the common options, the following glyph-specific options are recognized:
	 Option      Description		  Default
	 ------      -----------		  -------

	 -point      Whether to draw an "X" the   feature width
		     scaled width of the feature
		     or with arm length point.

BUGS

       Please report them.

SEE ALSO

       Ace::Sequence, Ace::Sequence::Feature, Ace::Graphics::Panel, Ace::Graphics::Track, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::anchored_arrow,
       Ace::Graphics::Glyph::arrow, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::box, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::primers, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::segments,
       Ace::Graphics::Glyph::toomany, Ace::Graphics::Glyph::transcript,

AUTHOR

       Allen Day <day@cshl.org>.

       Copyright (c) 2001 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  See DISCLAIMER.txt for
       disclaimers of warranty.

perl v5.14.2							    2001-06-04					     Ace::Graphics::Glyph::ex(3pm)