2011/3/10 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm curious how you draw this conclusion. If anything, this makes it >> worse, because UNLESS you have a giant portfolio, you don't dare try >> and create something for fear of infringing someone else. >> > > If this were true, we wouldn't see any start ups, would we? > > Speaking of which: imagine you live in a world where software patents don't > exist. Would you join one? Would you create one? >
Absolutely. There are all kinds of ways to make money that don't require patents. There are plenty of startups that haven't bothered with patents - they cost a lot to get and a lot more to defend. > How would you feel about the fact that as soon as the product that your > start up is based on becomes even moderately public, anyone can copy it? Are > you that confident that you can keep ahead of this competition? Would you > leave your day job to join a start up that won't be able to protect its > software innovations? > Absolutely. There are plenty of other ways to protect IP. Ralph -- 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.
