Re: [Asterisk-Users] g.729 - licenses and opinions

[Steve Underwood]

Chinese DVD player makers can ship a player for $25. Of that, they pay 
up to $5 in IP royalties to foreign companies. The development of their 
own EVD standard was specifically to sidestep this burden. Patents do 
cause harmful splintering. We need stuff that interworks, far more than 
we need the absolute best. GSM was good enough, and available, and took 
the world by storm. Apart from some band issues (mostly in the US), you 
can receive a GSM call almost anywhere on the planet. People want to 
pick up a disc for any old movie they find, and be able to play it. 
Innovation is good, but partisan splintering is definitely bad.

Regards,
Steve
Joseph Finley wrote:

I think you "patent haters" are looking at the negative aspect only.
Remember, that competition drives innovation.  If everyone used the same
product there would be no incentive to develop anything new or along the
same lines, where's reward to innovate if there is no incentive, why do it?
Incentive being the $$ for your work.  This thread could go further into
music, art, publications, pharmaceuticals, etc.  I don't believe in
monopolies, but it would lead to an intellectual monopoly thus a stagnant
never changing technology.  I know the concept will be hard to understand
for some.  Don't flame, just understand the other side.
Joe



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Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] g.729 - licenses and opinions
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.
 

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