"Otherwise we'll end up stealing and selling each other idea's all the time"
I hope I'm being trolled! Begging the question that ideas are indeed property, who are we selling them to if they're available free? On 13 September 2010 06:34, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > If applied with good sense, I think the patents even are a necessity. > Otherwise we'll end up stealing and selling each other idea's all the time. > That would be a funny sight... :-) > > However, patenting the execution of bytecode ... has somebody already > patenting a device to push buttons to enter data into a computer ? > > > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 17:39, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]>wrote: > >> How hard is it to understand patent law, folks? >> >> What you're suggesting won't change anything. Not one iota. You can re- >> invent everything as far as I care. It's patent law. What you're >> suggesting would help avoid any lawsuits that revolve around trademark >> law. The lawsuit oracle opened against google did not invoke any part >> of trademark law. >> >> On Sep 12, 5:41 am, Miroslav Pokorny <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > So what happens if one rewrites all references in some application >> replacing >> > java and javax. to somethingelse and somethingelse respectively at >> compile >> > time. Naturally harmony itself which is a part of the deployment >> platform >> > will have also had its packages similar "fixed". Does this make a >> difference >> > in the above argument ? >> > >> > PS. lets pretend all strings with java etc in them used by reflection >> are >> > also fixed. >> >> -- >> 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald - [email protected] - http://twitter.com/sophistifunk - http://flex.joshmcdonald.info/ -- 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.
