Daniel Kasak wrote: > On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 20:40 -0500, Thomas W. Cranston wrote: > > >> Maybe the open source community should start patenting every conceivable >> thing as well. >> >> I have worked with patent applications in the past, and the big boys >> apply for a patent for their idea, as well as every conceivable >> variation on that theme. We should do the same. >> > > It costs money to do that, and in the process validates the whole > concept of software patents. I think a better approach is to fight for a > rejection of all software patents. > >
I don't think it so much as validates the idea of software patents as it does make whoever is doing this look like a moron. Patents have taken a rather sharp turn for the ridiculous, much like copyrights (how being able to monopolize any work for life + 75 under the Mickey Mouse Protection Act benefits the public is beyond me). Even if you support the idea of patents generally, there has to be some specificity in them (not to mention timeliness in actually "protecting" that patent). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
