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Re: Red Hat on patent FUD
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dr_nikolaus_klepp |
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Re: Red Hat on patent FUD |
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Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:54:56 +0100 |
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amicus_curious wrote:
> You are wrong. Patents are simply a means to protect the ideas of
> innovators from wanton copycatting by others. Those who can think of new
> things to do need to be rewarded or else we will be faced with a steep
> decline in technological progress. How many copies of commercial
> applications do we really need?
sorry to say, that was true in 1890, but is not true any more. in that time
a patent lasted 5 years. that was reasonable. today a patent is a "you must
not think about this" paper. i know 'cause i own such paper. patents are
just a good way for layers to make a good living by ideas of others.
- Red Hat on patent FUD, Doug Mentohl, 2009/03/17
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Roy Schestowitz, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, ml2mst, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Roy Schestowitz, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Chris Ahlstrom, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, amicus_curious, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Doctor Smith, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Hadron, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, ml2mst, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, amicus_curious, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD,
dr_nikolaus_klepp <=
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/03/22
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, amicus_curious, 2009/03/22
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Ezekiel, 2009/03/23
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/03/23
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Ezekiel, 2009/03/23
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Doctor Smith, 2009/03/23
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Ezekiel, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, amicus_curious, 2009/03/21
- Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, Ezekiel, 2009/03/21
Re: Red Hat on patent FUD, RonB, 2009/03/21