Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 14:15:42 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20120805141542.2a5125ec@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20510.40571.417415.852536@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20120805045800.29444.qmail@joyce.lan> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208051330090.21508@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20510.27576.562781.36878@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20120805093320.7b7f0fc4@scorpio> <20510.40571.417415.852536@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 12:25:31 -0400 Robert Huff articulated: > Jerry writes: > > > I agree up to the point about financial incentive. For myself, I > > like making money. I don't apologize for that. Most engineers, > > software / hardware designers also enjoy receiving a monetary > > reward for their hard work. Simple giving away our hard work, > > sweat and time to some socialist just because they feel they have > > the right to the hard work of others is repulsive. > > Would you call Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon) a socialist? > Some years ago, he was giving an interview and was asked > "Jeff, Amazon has applied for a patent for the One-Click system. If > Amazon had known before it started there was no chance of receiving a > patent - would it have created One-Click anyway?" > [While I'm paraphasing, the essential content is preserved.] > There was a long pause, during which you could tell Bezos > understood _precisely_ what the real question was ... > ... and (to his credit) answered "Yes." > > The programmers got paid. > Amazon gets paid in the form of more expedient processing and > (presumably) more sales due to ease of check-out. > Why, as a society, should we deny other innovators the ability > to use that technology to develop - hopefully - even better stuff? You are all over the board here. Nothing ever stops anyone from doing something for nothing. Hell, I have written some small software applications that I never expected to make a dime off. With that said, should I come up with some brilliant idea or killer software applications, I fully intend to protect my rights and make as much off of it as possible. I never stated than anyone should be denied the right to create or write basically whatever they so desire; however, if they are going to piggyback their work on another author or developer's works, then that individual deserves to receive compensation. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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