And the US compagnies Fever...

Yeah yeah, it's not only our Moroccan compagnies that have fever issues, US companies (I mean really Big big compagnies), have their Software Patent Fever. First of all : Q: What are Patents ? A : A patent is a form of protection for an invention. It is a give-and-take between society and an inventor. The inventor discloses the invention, and society gives him a time-limited monopoly to derive commercial value. Q : What is the difference between copyright and patent? A : Everyone who writes a computer program automatically owns the copyright in it. It's copyright law that made Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and the entire software industry so very big. It's the same legal concept that also protects books, music, movies, paintings, even architecture. Q : So why Patents? A : When a gun goes over the counter, the seller and the buyer will always say that it's only for protection. In reality, many guns are used to rob, to kidnap, to murder, or to wage wars. It's the same with patents. "Patents are being used as an offensive measure. [...] If you don't have any patents, you don't have any weapons in your armoury." From John MacPhail, Partner, Baker & McKenzie (one of the world's largest law firms) So wanna hear more, listen to this crap : Now any site that uses rich-media technology implementations, including Flash, Flex, Java, Ajax, and XAML, when the rich-media application is accessed on any device over the Internet, including desktops, mobile devices, set-top boxes, and video game consoles will need a licence. Why? because our fellows from US Patents granted some shit company, that did innovate nothing, a patent on AJAX a lead technology in Web Development. (Answers from our friends on "No Software Patents" aka : http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com I recommend you to visit it and vote NO to software patents)