Disclaimer: I once worked on a patient review board for a large corporation and I voted yes on ideas which I believed were patentable. But I wonder if I'm going to go to hell for it.
My concern is in the spirit of enterprise we will create a new form of communism. A group of large corporations that "own" just about everything. I doubt you could build any non-trivial application without breaching a patent. And half the problem is knowing you even breached it. Patents were intended to protect outright copying, not "obviousness". Why is it that "monopoly" is a dirty word in all other aspects of the economy, yet used with pride in relation to patents? I understand the argument that patents can protect small businesses, but it obviously cuts both ways. So I don't know what the answer is. I just wonder what the logical progression of the whole system will be. And by system, i refer to the North American system and various similar systems around the world. But obviously most major organisations operate in North America. Maybe there'll be a revolution one day. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
