Re: [OT] Re: [Exim] Is exim in trouble?

On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 09:32:39AM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On (2003/09/01 18:53), John (TJ) Penton wrote:
>
> > The problem is that (in recent years, and particularly in America I
> > believe) patents have been granted for obvious ideas, ideas which are
> > already widely assumed, or ideas which have prior art.
>
> For an extreme example:
>
> |Method of swinging on a swing
> |=============================
[...]

Iirc the wheel was patented in Australia about a year ago.
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