Re: Reviewing a proponent’s arguments in favour of #swpatents

The real problem is that an awful lot of the work in that item might
have been done by other people anyway, and they knowledge that they
produced has been gleaned in a very similar manner over the years. It's
called experience, and I for one don't want people trying to patent and
restrain it.

Vik :v)

On 01/10/11 06:45, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> When Airways' compare the situation to theft, I think they are
> clumsily trying to express that (from their business perspective)
> having a competitor produce a cheap clone of your software after you
> invested in solving hard problems is comparable to having them steal
> the results of research.
> 
> An analogy to the physical world would be that they invested heavily
> in the design of a physical item, potentially millions in R&D, and
> then a competitor purchased one, took it apart, and started selling an
> exact clone at lower cost – because they don't have to do the R&D.
> 
> So, which I don't disagree with what you say, I think responding to
> the intent (however poorly worded) would be more compelling.
> 
> Otherwise, it seemed solid to me. :)


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