On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 02:58:47PM -0500, Steven Critchfield said: > On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 14:45, Kevin Walsh wrote: > > Steven Critchfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > So while I think it is important, I > > > also can't seem to draw a reasonable line. 24 months in most software > > > isn't enough time from day 0 to make any reward for the work, at least > > > not monetarily. What software project out there do you know had a major > > > roll out sufficiently under 24 months from beginning of programming to > > > have paid the programming staff off after say 1 year past the initial 24 > > > months? > > > > > Software patents encourage monopoly rather than freedom. Idiots write > > a line of code and then feel that they've "invented" something. > > Temporary monopoly. Of course with the current time limits, it might as > well be permanent since the techniques will be mostly useless by the > time they are free.
And don't forget that with patents, it actually encourages splintering of technologies and hinders compatability. It happens all around us - GSM vs CDMA, GIF/PNG/JPEG, MPeg/OGG/WMA, etc. With software patents, the only benefit is to the patent holder. Users just get screwed. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
