On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>wrote:
> >> I'm guessing that without patents, Android would be a sad copycat of iOS, >> and as such, 1) would be less innovative than it is today and 2) would >> probably have failed in the market place. >> >> > Are you arguing that building on the work of others, no matter how much or > little you add, is detrimental to innovation? > Of course not, just that innovative inventions should be protected for a certain amount of time to give the inventor a first mover advantage. Without that protection, they might never bother investing time and money in inventing at all. -- 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.
