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____/ Phil Da Lick! on Wednesday 16 July 2008 14:44 : \____
> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:30:21 +0100, Phil Da Lick! wrote:
>>
>>> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>> ....give his work away for free?
>>>>
>>>> Oh, it's great to sit in a college campus posting SPAM 24x7 demanding that
>>>> corporations give up patent rights, give away their hard work for free,
>>>> open source their software etc....
>>>
>>> Try not to be such a dumbfuck flattie. Being against software patents
>>> does not mean that you expect anybody to give anything away for free.
>>> Copyright protection is more than sufficient for software packages.
>>> Patent protection is only required as barriers to competition.
>>
>> So?
>>
>> Do you think Roy Schestowitz will share his ideas with the competition?
>>
>> He won't stay employed for very long.
>>
>> He expects ATI, Nvidia, AMD to release their source code
>>
>> What about his works?
>
>
> You are blurring the lines between ideas and source code - just like the
> rest of the patent-IP brigade do when they push for their draconian
> measures.
IBM, Intel and many other companies share their kernel code. It empowers them
all. Even the drug discovery sector has begun adoption the same concept where
research is shared for everyone's benefit. Those who stay out with 'trade
secret' will lose.
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