Re: [Sursound] [ot] another patent

2011-09-21 Thread Michael Chapman
Richard Dobson wrote: On 20/09/2011 22:24, Fons Adriaensen wrote: Interesting choice of words. You say agree, I would say recognise. Do they put it to a vote? My thoughts (which you appear to equate with things) are my own, and if I choose to share them with anyone else that is my choice,

Re: [Sursound] [ot] another patent

2011-09-21 Thread Richard Dobson
On 21/09/2011 09:38, Michael Chapman wrote: .. What purpose is that? Who decides what the purpose is? Unless one rejects inheritance taxes, wealth taxes, etc., etc. one is left with the fact that one has accepted a situation where one has 'a balance'. Perhaps the worst imaginable situation

Re: [Sursound] [ot] another patent

2011-09-21 Thread Richard Dobson
On 21/09/2011 17:11, Marc Lavallée wrote: .. Information wants to be free is a 40 years old aphorism, not a scientific statement, and it does not come from the free software movement. Its author said later: Information Wants To Be Free. Information also wants to be expensive.. More like 27

Re: [Sursound] [ot] another patent

2011-09-21 Thread Marc Lavallée
Le Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:12:47 +0100, Richard Dobson richarddob...@blueyonder.co.uk a écrit : On 21/09/2011 17:11, Marc Lavallée wrote: .. Information wants to be free is a 40 years old aphorism, not a scientific statement, and it does not come from the free software movement. Its author

Re: [Sursound] [ot] another patent

2011-09-21 Thread Michael Graves
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:49:37 - (GMT), Michael Chapman wrote: The modern day pharmaceutical industry is perhaps the one exception to the rule that patents are bad to humanity. Why is that? Well, because it's remained the most sacred, shielded, unquestioned, and especially for the longest