Comic relief from patents

Lots of patents are so absurd they would be funny, if they weren't so dangerous. Being sued for patent infringement isn't funny. If you think there may be a problem with the system of software patents, I hope you will read the League for Programming Freedom position papers. You can find them on ftp.uu.net in /doc/lpf. The principal position papers are look-and-feel.text and patents.text. If you decide you agree with the LPF position, please join. Joining is easy and doesn't take much of your time. You can find a membership form in the file lpf.join.