Hi folks, While fascinating, this discussion has wandered seriously Off Topic. It's no longer appropriate for "debian-user", I think. I'm not a list-guru. Is there a debian list where it would be on-topic? If so, maybe we should take it there.
Enjoy! Rick On Jul 18, 2012, at 6:46 AM, Gary Dale wrote: > On 18/07/12 08:35 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:21:03AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: >>> The original justification for patents was that the government >>> would protect your invention for a short period if you told the >>> world about how it works. >> I thought that too, but ... :( >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Monopolies_1623 >> >> Copyright and patents were never about promoting culture and >> innovations; from the very start they were legalized bribes to give the >> king some income and to let businesses get rid of competition. >> > True about copyright but not about patents in North America. The American > patent system was originally set up with good intentions on the part of at > least some of its backers. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5006be50.6060...@rogers.com > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8d187b7e-3df2-446f-9695-6da643ddb...@pobox.com
