From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 5 19:39:09 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3779A106566B for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2012 19:39:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB7778FC08 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2012 19:39:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obbun3 with SMTP id un3so5982509obb.13 for ; Sun, 05 Aug 2012 12:39:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=eMUo6jEGupKU7L2u/vjP2SCnay7qGEV+z8oS4DREgzU=; b=gPyaUq+xYnaYKBHWPAOkCPYc6J6HJ87BDGlmGDSYRLcQEV4tLNc28d8sdcuuWP8T5f jiwt8amSezELA6FdZJEYOqisivvgUW43brXNXAe3XbAMSLp37g/+0gITMrFqIfAJ8fU4 P9xSrrGxcezt4gTXsPMLcsIVtYkRL4IjC93txxtbUdq8ew5jBREFDDi8wcoVxYNA1xCo 0xpRIc61yO7ECnUrvyVniqrfiXRG/22xKREi81ENEvoC3RMHiaSbtczReiY+QGHpxi51 +XeuojqrCi/v8+qmHMZtYS0lPhMkLtyTilx7fD1yQLr9lhZLzTPBigNoc7fcTdrMv0+5 R9WA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.47.196 with SMTP id f4mr3568417ign.21.1344195547381; Sun, 05 Aug 2012 12:39:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.124.41 with HTTP; Sun, 5 Aug 2012 12:39:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [93.221.165.156] In-Reply-To: <20120805141542.2a5125ec@scorpio> References: <20120805045800.29444.qmail@joyce.lan> <20510.27576.562781.36878@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20120805093320.7b7f0fc4@scorpio> <20510.40571.417415.852536@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20120805141542.2a5125ec@scorpio> Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 21:39:07 +0200 Message-ID: From: "C. P. Ghost" To: FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnNa9zNa5f3i79y/4q8LHFV34qvkPoDwFxuVSJuZXltUPPE6qv/VtP+auOLY4hCFiCVim4R Subject: Re: Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:39:09 -0000 On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Jerry wrote: > I never stated than anyone should be denied the right to create or write > basically whatever they so desire; however, if they are going to > piggyback their work on another author or developer's works, then that > individual deserves to receive compensation. The point here is that an INDIVIDUAL deserves compensation. Whether some mega corp with a huge portfolio of patents deserves the same is to be questioned. Especially considering that those huge mega corps use those patents to stomp all over the little (programmer) guy and destroy his little livelihood. That's what patents were initially designed to prevent: that some predatory industrial magnate would steal the idea of the little inventor to make a profit, without compensating the inventor for his ideas. Sadly, this principle (protecting the little inventors) has been turned upside-down due to the abysmal performance of the Patent Office examiners who rubber stamping just about every patent application with the words "machinery for ..." in it. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/