Re: WebObjects become opensource ?
Re: WebObjects become opensource ?
- Subject: Re: WebObjects become opensource ?
- From: Anjo Krank <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:14:30 +0200
Am 16.09.2009 um 09:48 schrieb Q:
Patents should be a way to protect yourself from having to compete
against your own invention in a commercial market. Ie. Patents
should exist for the purpose of protection from direct competition
and utilising an idea or invention with exclusivity, not a way of
extracting the maximum amount of revenue from everyone who finds
value in your IP in some way.
I'm not sure you understand patents. Patents are reward for *full
disclosure*. They are the reward for sharing your secret sauce so
other can build ideas on top of it and you get a monopoly for that for
a limited time. If the net benefit for society of this is smaller than
if you had held your idea closed then they are harmful, impede
commerce and innovation and should be dealt away with.
Cheers, Anjo
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