It was inevitable that big corporations would get out of hand and start
warring with each other. Science fiction writers wrote about it years
ago as a warning. Apple and Microsoft don't like the idea of open
source. They like the "me" paradigm. Google is more like the "we"
paradigm. Scott McNealy when CEO at Sun stated a few years back that
open source could be extended to more than just software. That idea
does not sit well with "me" type wealthy industrialists. But in a world
with a growing population of billions its the only paradigm that will work.
Yes, software patents are very bad because the Patent Office was gamed
by clever attorneys who knew the office was clueless about technology.
On 08/30/2012 02:20 AM, dE wrote:
Apple and Microsoft will soon kill all (Google's) opensource projects which
commercial companies adopt with trival patents like double-click,
drag-drop, touch to interact, push button to turn on etc... and Apple
Samsung verdict is the starting point.
The US court (as it appears in this case and other cases) will always
favour Apple and Microsoft killing all opensource competition legally and
practically banning open source software.
In the mean time Google continues to be a spectator and an open target
similar to GNU and wildebeest.
The best that you can get from Google is bland responses like --
“The court of appeals will review both infringement and the validity of the
patent claims. Most of these don’t relate to the core Android operating
system and several are being re-examined by the U.S. Patent Office. The
mobile industry is moving fast and all players–including newcomers–are
building upon ideas that have been around for decades. We work with our
partners to give consumers innovative and affordable products, and we don’t
want anything to limit that.”
It appears, as good as Google is in collaborating with opensource
communities to create good products and also profiting from it; it's
equally bad when it comes to combating the law.
Google is an open target to various companies but it itself targets none.
Apple vs Samsung was the perfect case to review the case of software
patents and expect some judgement from it, but it appears as always, Google
is a spectator with another bland opinion like everyone else.
In case they don't know how bad are software patents --
http://delogics.blogspot.com/2012/08/software-patents-are-they-evil_584.html
and maybe, do something about it.
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