> > Meh. The world is much bigger than the USA. Secondly that rule makes it > difficult to educate people about why patents are as bad as they are. > You can easily find examples that are not relevant to Bitcoin if you want to discuss the patent system in general. > Feel free to continue censoring your own discussion within closed > corporate environments. But to say keeping patent discussion off mailing > lists is appropriate or wise when the tech news is full of such discussion > is silly. It is both appropriate and wise. Please keep discussion of Bitcoin-relevant patents elsewhere.