"Walter Bright" <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:jfkt32$rjc$1...@digitalmars.com... > On 1/23/2012 2:49 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: >> The basic concept isn't necessarily bad, but how it's been applied has >> gone >> way too far. > > My position is simple: > > Copyrights expire after 20 years. Renewable for another 20 years for a fee > of $1000/year per registered copyright. > > No software patents.
Sensible enough. I'd add two things though: - No using IP to prevent interoperability or user-modification (This would also cover things like abusing IP to require all DVD players to obey PUO's - Another thing I love about markets that have little regard for US IP law). - Anyone in the USPTO found to be involved in the voilation of the USPTO's *own* "obviousness" rule (software or otherwise) is fired, fined and jailed.
