On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:23:20 GMT, Jonathan Kirwan
Gave us:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:16:20 -0500, John Fields
wrote:

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My point, though, was that if the OP copies the patent for practical
use he'll be infringing the patent unless he gets permission to copy
it from the owner of the patent.

I've been learning from reading these points. But I believe you are
taking a narrow view, here. In Europe, I gather any implementation of
a patent that's just for personal use is completely exempt. So this
may be a US-only thing.

Jon


It can also be a personal honor and character thing in a civil
society. If you claim to be part of a civil society, and claim to be
honorable and of good character, you wouldn't do it.

Unless, of course, you are a characterless *******. Like the
KeithTard is.