Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:33:20 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20120805093320.7b7f0fc4@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20510.27576.562781.36878@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>
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On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:48:56 -0400 Robert Huff articulated: > > > Wojciech Puchar writes: > > > Bad that there are patents at all. Not just in software. > > Patents are - or should be - the means, not the end. The end > is encourage people to create new stuff; the means of encouragement > is to give them exclusive rights for a limited time. As long as the > idea gets out there, we should be indifferent as to whether they > make money. 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. If a monetary reward were removed from the equation, we would probably still be using an abacus in the dark. While we certainly should be indifferent to the financial incentive and monetary reward someone receives; in all too many cases that is just not so. The socialists still feel they are entitled to something for nothing. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________
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