> Personaly I think that scientific information, discoveries should > never be secret. I had a physics prof who had a pattent on an > solution to a class of equations. (don't remember details), So, > everyone now knows the information, can use the solution in their > work, but if they use the solution in a way that generates income, > they owe him for it. >
I didn't realize you could patent the truth. I thought patents were for inventions and discoveries. To patent an equation would be like patenting a syllogism - it strikes me as permitting someone to claim that he invented a truth rather than described it. Tom Beck www.mercerjewishsingles.org "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last." - Dr Jerry Pournelle _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
