Discussions on the net about software patents

• Highlights of the 280 comments emailed to the LPF in January, 1994, for the San Jose hearings.
• Comp.patents
  • The charter of the comp.patents newsgroup
  • Some articles from the comp.patents newsgroup
• RSA
  • Gordon responds to Mr. Rivest's posting about the RSA patents
  • Prior art on RSA
• Some fatherly advice on things to think about, if you wonder if you're infringing on a patent
• Summary of arguments against patents
• How Tesla used patents