Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 02:43:48PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: >> On the other hand, lawsuits attempting to enforce "patents" on software >> *are* intrinsically bad for free software. > > This argument says that since it's bad for nuclear power plant > technicians to enforce patents on software, the software should not be > permitted to be used in nuclear power plants. Therefore you are a gerbil.
Argument A: Since software patents are bad, people who enforce patents against a piece of software should not be allowed to use that piece of software. Argument B: Since enforcement of software patents by nuclear power plant technicians is bad, nuclear power plants should not be allowed to use a given piece of software. Please demonstrate the equivilence of these arguments. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
