On Aug 30, 2012, at 12:49 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > > On Aug 28, 2012, at 10:04 , Larry Colen wrote: > >> On Aug 28, 2012, at 7:17 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: >> >>> On Aug 28, 2012, at 5:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>>> I will agree that the goatse zoom is a clever idea, but being software >>>> should not be patentable. >>> >>> "…but being software, should not be patentable"? Did you really just say >>> that? >> >> Yes I did. I am firmly opposed to the concept of software patents. >> Mathematical formulas are not patentable. Sentence constructions are not >> patentable. All patent portfolios do is block smaller companies out of the >> marketplace. > > Unfu*kingbelievable. > > No point in writing a book then. It's just words. Doesn't 'do' anything.
There's a difference between "patent" and "copyright". Software patents are like patenting using a color to describe someones mood in a song. > > Mathematicians get credit globally when they come up with solutions as yet > not written down. Yes, but mathematicians can use other people's proofs as part of their own. > > Slap Cadillac trim, badges and design elements on your Lotus and you've got > big problems. I dunno. Are they both still owned by GM? > > If you forward or repeat this email in it's entirety and unchanged, I'll sue > your ass down to Tijuana! > > Joseph McAllister > Pentaxian > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
