Ow ! I should have known better than using the P-word. :-) Important words in my first sentence started with: "If applied with good sense" ! Which is NOT * Something that is common knowledge. * An idea you got overnight without any intention to develop it. * Something without any kind investment on your behalf.
For the other situations, I think a patent is your protection. IF you want money from your investment that is. That is MY opinion... I hope that's settled now and that this thread doesn't run away. Maybe people would understand something else, but it's what I wrote so it's what it's meant in this thread. Thanks. On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 05:04, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]>wrote: > (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%[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]<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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
