Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 21:43:21 -0300 From: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20120805214321.17a02e43@papi> In-Reply-To: <20120805093320.7b7f0fc4@scorpio> 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>
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On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:33:20 -0400 Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:48:56 -0400 > Robert Huff articulated: > [Snip] > The socialists still feel they are entitled to something > for nothing. > Jerry; Forgive me for barging in like this but to me, what your sentence describes is just plain good old greedy people. Patents provided the perfect LEGAL way for these very people to make theirs, an idea that they didn't think of or had the gift/talent to create, as a quickie for profit. The result: Now the long patent arm reaches fruit, seeds and DNA. This means that I can't "create" a Graviola juice drink (local Brazilian fruit) because a Japanese guy patented the fruit !! How ridiculous did we allowed this to get? On a final note, if your sentence were to reflect a little better the idea of socialism (at least on paper), it should read: "The socialists still feel that everybody is entitled to something for nothing." Unfortunately today, socialism, democracy, communism or liberalism are mere skins for hungry wolves. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE)
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