Den 29. aug. 2012 kl. 19:45 skrev steve harley: > on 2012-08-29 1:16 DagT wrote >> Den 29. aug. 2012 kl. 07:25 skrev DagT <[email protected]>: >> But I forgot the most important part. Patents are about sharing. You give >> information in return for protection. > > good point, i agree patents _can_ promote sharing and give incentives for it, > but i guess i'd say that while they may do that somewhat in the software > world, there is much evidence that the process is faulty; and you pointed out > that it's hard to keep trade secrets anyway > > i think open source, at a minimum, shows that other methods can also promote > sharing and create commerce for those who innovate; it's not perfect either, > but perhaps we could say we need more innovation in our methods for rewarding > innovation ;?>
For inventions with limited need for investments open source is great, but if it requires investment in hardware and/or time you may have problems funding it without some protection and copyright isn´t enough. Anyway: the easiest way to avoid at least part of the problem is to publish any invention or idea you make and keep your files. Then you can invalidate any patents filed later, and the trolls don´t want you to do that. :-) DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
