[Upd-discuss] Access to Knowledge Treaty

[Michael Hart]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Richard Stallman wrote:

> The treaty could exempt poor countries from some kinds of patents,
> such as patents on life-saving medicines.

On the other hand, Social Security and similar programs,
defraud the poor by continually increasing the age at
which benefits are given.

Those who have less than average life expectancy get ripped off.

This kind of thing is built into more laws than we imagine.

;-)

mh