--- Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Eric Hines wrote:
>
> >> I'd agree about copyrights, but not patents. I think that getting a
> >> monopoly on an IDEA is ridiculous.
> >
> > Patent monopoly rights are very similar to copyright monopoly
> > rights
>
> No, they are *very* different. Copyright covers works, patents cover
> ideas. The things you listed (lifetime, licensing) are quite superficial
^^^^^^^^
No. You can't patent ideas. You can patent inventions, which, while requiring
ideas
are in itself just ideas.
Sander
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