L. Detweiler Said:

Don't know anything about this, but it's a definite Cypherpunk cause... the first question to ask would be whether they're in touch with LPF at all.

I don't know if this is what you were asking, but: The LPF is very strongly against the SPI, and requests that people refrain from providing it with ANY information that might assist it in building a database containing software patent information. This database, whatever its intended use may be, can assist leeches^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hlawyers in building bulletproof software patents by making information on prior art available to them. It will have a user interface in the same style as LEXIS/NEXUS (sp?), and that suggests that it is inteded for the lawyers rather than for us (no offense intended to Mike). -- Dan Odom danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu -- Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Support the League for Programming Freedom. Mail lpf@uunet.uu.net