Ethics @ Work: Are property rights in ideas unethical?
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| Business ethics usually have little to do with ethics. In most practical
| cases the ethical value is agreed upon, and the ethics professional is
| charged with making sure they are reflected in practice. However,
| occasionally we are privileged to encounter a truly innovative ethical
| doctrine that seeks to challenge existing paradigms. A fascinating example is
| the "free content" movement, often identified with programming pioneer
| Richard Stallman who leads the related "free software movement."
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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1184168552105&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Monkcast #9: With 11g, Oracle still dodging open source bullet & a patenting
software debate
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| But the point is that when someone has a patent on the business process, it
| doesn’t matter what the code is. It could be your code. My code. Commercially
| developed code. Open source code. If that code “reads” on the business
| process patent, then it’s probably infringing and the patent holder has a
| rigth to go after you.
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| Personally speaking, I don’t think business process should be patentable.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=633
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