Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:48:56 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20510.27576.562781.36878@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208051330090.21508@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20120805045800.29444.qmail@joyce.lan> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208051330090.21508@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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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. Robert Huff
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