On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>wrote:
> Has everyone seen this yet: > http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html Miroslav did a good job showing that the fashion industry is not exactly innovative, but I'm more interested by your logical claim: > It's not proof, by any stretch, but it's certainly a very convincing > demonstration that creativity will happen in spite of patents, and not > because of them. > If you assertion were true, all it shows is that indeed, creativity will happen without patents, but it certainly doesn't show that creativity can't happen thanks to patents. A bit like saying that hot chocolate tastes good without sugar, therefore, it can't taste good because of sugar. Guess what, it tastes better with sugar! :) -- 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.
