*Sobre las patentes: *¿Se puede patentar el software? En EEUU no está permitido a nadie patentar las leyes de la Naturaleza. Esta prohibición fue extendida en los 70 a los programas informáticos y los algoritmos. Pero en 1981 el Tribunal Supremo falló a favor de la patente de un proceso industrial controlado por un programa. Tiempo estimado de lectura: 5'. url: http://www.baquia.com/com/legacy/9482.html -- JA: What if your job requires you to use non-free software? RMS: I would quit that job. Would you participate in something anti-social just because somebody pays you to? What if the job involves hitting people on the head in the street and taking their wallets? ... Some people seriously claim that you can't criticize what someone does if it is part of their job. From my point of view, the fact that somebody is being paid to do something wrong is not an excuse.