In gnu.misc.discuss amicus_curious <a...@sti.net> wrote: > > "ml2mst" <ml2mstrem...@capsgmail.com> wrote in message > news:gq2fsa$ap...@news.albasani.net...
> You are wrong. Patents are simply a means to protect the ideas of > innovators from wanton copycatting by others. Sorry, but you are wrong here. There's no protection involved, because the ideas aren't in any danger. The ideas are enhanced rather than damaged if they are copied by others. No, patents are a means of _restricting_ the use of the ideas of innovators. > Those who can think of new things to do need to be rewarded or else we > will be faced with a steep decline in technological progress. Well, that's a very vague and very woolly. Traditionally, especially in the USA, people who've thought of new things set up companies and get rich by making those things and selling them to eager customers. "need to be rewarded" suggests more the idea of a large government fund paying out taxpayers' money to privileged people. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
