There is no need to be rude. Cedric is a regular here and I am sure most people don't consider him a troll.
Use the wikipedia link you provided. Correlation does not imply causation but correlation can be a "hint" and thus provide reason to do further research. The original intent of Patent is to promote innovation by encouraging people sharing their "secret recipe" without losing the benefit of being the first. I don't think anyone can deny that the Patent system worked pretty well past. It only becomes a problem when it applies to Software since software evolves a lot faster. Anyway, enough had said on this topic by others in this forum. I do believe that by now most people already have strong believe one way or the other (abolish vs fix software patent) so it is rather pointless to argue here. On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Morten A-Gott < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Jun 18, 5:03 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Now you are just trolling. That retoric is at a level that wouldn't > > > even fly in a high school essay. > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation > > > > This is not about causation and correlation but about burden of proof. > > Please read the past discussions on the subject. > > > Yes it is. You only present casual correlations, no evidence/proof. > Also, the "how many end up in court"-argument actually goes both ways, > as it may also be an indication of how many can afford to challenge > patents. This especially harms "the little guy" and startups. They > have no chance, Drew Curtis explains this quite well > http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_curtis_how_i_beat_a_patent_troll.html > > The question of innovation and patents should be answered using > academic standards, not courtroom standards. > > I'll stop feeding now though. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "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 "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.
