"Dmitry V. Gorbatovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: > >> "Dmitry V. Gorbatovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> John Hasler wrote: >>> >>>> Then keep it secret. >>> It is indeed possible. >>> And I can sell just results of using it. >>> >>> But let me remind you , that all point of patent law is to give >>> society new ideas and possibilities to create further innovations >>> based on openly available knowledge, while protecting the rights of >>> people who share their secrets. >> >> Uh, no, not the rights. Their billfolds. The whole point of patents >> is to make innovation _pay_ _off_, nothing else. > > Sorry , but that part just plane demagogy.
Calling this "demagogy" is plain stupidity. Patent jurisdiction is about recompensation. The right a patent holder gains in the patenting process is the time-limited right to bill others for recognizable uses of his patent, nothing else. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
