(software) patents a necessity? Clearly that must be false. Folks in the UK manage to produce and even sell software, and they don't have em.
On Sep 12, 10:34 pm, 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
