On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 09:11 +0100, olivier wrote: > >Lee wrote: > > >No one else has any > >right to my creations - they are mine. It is up to > ME >whether I want > >to > >give it away or charge for it or refuse to show it to > >anyone. > > hello, > in a perfect world, where everybody is ok, > you are completly right, > but patent can be a problem about life or death ... > this article explain it better that I can do: > > http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/health/12717990.htm It sounds like the system works: "A World Trade Organization agreement reached in 2003 allows countries facing a public health emergency to issue "compulsory licenses" to manufacture generic versions of patented drugs." Lee
