On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 09:33:20AM -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:48:56 -0400 > Robert Huff articulated: > > > > Patents are - or should be - the means, not the end. The end > > is encourage people to create new stuff; the means of encouragement > > is to give them exclusive rights for a limited time. As long as the > > idea gets out there, we should be indifferent as to whether they > > make money. > > I agree up to the point about financial incentive. For myself, I like > making money. I don't apologize for that. Most engineers, software / > hardware designers also enjoy receiving a monetary reward for their > hard work. Simple giving away our hard work, sweat and time to some > socialist just because they feel they have the right to the hard work of > others is repulsive.
I'm okay with that statement. > > If a monetary reward were removed from the equation, we would probably > still be using an abacus in the dark. Cockamamie nonsense -- or, if you prefer, [citation needed]. > > While we certainly should be indifferent to the financial incentive and > monetary reward someone receives; in all too many cases that is just > not so. The socialists still feel they are entitled to something for > nothing. . . . which need not have *anything* at all to do with a discussion of whether a system of patents is a good or bad idea. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
