Josh, Presumably, patents other than those about software.
Ricky. -- Ricky Clarkson Java and Scala Programmer, AD Holdings +44 1928 706373 Skype: ricky_clarkson On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Josh Suereth <[email protected]> wrote: > So what does this organization do: http://www.epo.org/ ?? > > > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Yes, Cedric, you _think_. Which is the point. There's no proof, though >> there are many indicators its not working as designed. My argument has >> always been that, given the draconian, near thought-crime nature of >> patent law, the burden of proof is clearly on the ones in favour of >> it. You're trying to twist the argument arond to: There's no proof it >> DOESNT work, so we should keep them. >> >> The UK and europe easily show that you don't NEED software patents. >> >> On Sep 13, 9:03 am, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Miroslav Pokorny < >> > >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > > I mentioned ARM as even though they are a hardware company they too >> > > exist >> > > purely because of trust and excellence rather than patents. >> > >> > I'll take your word for that but I'll offer something for you to think >> > about: if they were located in a country with software patent laws, >> > maybe >> > they would be doing even better than they are right now, precisely >> > because >> > they are excellent. With software patent laws, they would be able to >> > protect >> > their excellent ideas for a few years, thereby guaranteeing more sales, >> > more >> > revenues, more funding for R&D, which would lead to even more >> > innovations >> > coming from them. >> > >> > I think that software patent laws help great companies while hindering >> > mediocre ones (by preventing them from copying other people's ideas >> > before >> > they have been tapped). >> > >> > -- >> > Cédric >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
