On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:13, Christian Catchpole <[email protected]> wrote: > 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".
Yep, this is/are somehow the tipping point(s). > Why is it that "monopoly" is a dirty word in all other aspects of the > economy, yet used with pride in relation to patents? Why? - Money. Somebody puts his protecting hands on somebody else and receives money. The word that then comes to my mind is "Mafia". =8-| > I understand the argument that patents can protect small businesses, > but it obviously cuts both ways. I am not sure if they do. Small business do not have the financial backup for a set of lawyers and the manpower to manage the patent stuff, I guess. > Maybe there'll be a revolution one day. And it maybe shouldn't be limited to patents then (just read about a bank manager after a few months in the job already leaves with a few million Euros). ;-) -- Martin Wildam -- 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.
