Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:03:54 -0300 From: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20120806100354.47abfd53@papi> In-Reply-To: <20120806081638.1033190a@scorpio> References: <20120805045800.29444.qmail@joyce.lan> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1208051330090.21508@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20510.27576.562781.36878@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20120805093320.7b7f0fc4@scorpio> <20120805214321.17a02e43@papi> <20120806081638.1033190a@scorpio>
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:16:38 -0400 Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 21:43:21 -0300 > Mario Lobo articulated: >=20 > > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:33:20 -0400 > > Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: > >=20 > > > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:48:56 -0400 > > > Robert Huff articulated: > > >=20 > > [Snip] > >=20 > > > The socialists still feel they are entitled to something > > > for nothing. > > >=20 > > Jerry; > >=20 > > Forgive me for barging in like this but to me, what your sentence > > describes is just plain good old greedy people. Patents provided > > the perfect LEGAL way for these very people to make theirs, an idea > > that they didn't think of or had the gift/talent to create, as a > > quickie for profit. The result: Now the long patent arm reaches > > fruit, seeds and DNA. This means that I can't "create" a Graviola > > juice drink (local Brazilian fruit) because a Japanese guy patented > > the fruit !! How ridiculous did we allowed this to get? >=20 > Yes you can. You are stating a commonly held incorrect belief. You can > always request a license from the patient holder. No one, well no one > interested in monetary compensation would patient anything unless they > were: >=20 > =E2=81=BD=C2=B9=E2=81=BE Intended to use the patents in such a way that t= hey would > directly profit from it >=20 > =E2=81=BD=C2=B2=E2=81=BE Intended to lease the patent rights or outright = sell the patent. >=20 > Patients protect hard working people who may work years, maybe half > their life to come up with a killer idea only to have a douche bag > come along and use it sans payments. >=20 > Interestingly enough, you seem to equate an entity, individual, group > or corporation that want to profit off of their work and investment as > greedy. I call them entitled. With that said, feel free to develop > some great idea and then give it away for nothing. No one, certainly > not me, is going to stop you. >=20 Discussion moved off-list. --=20 Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE) =20
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