On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:21:03AM -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > The original justification for patents was that the government > would protect your invention for a short period if you told the > world about how it works.
I thought that too, but ... :( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Monopolies_1623 Copyright and patents were never about promoting culture and innovations; from the very start they were legalized bribes to give the king some income and to let businesses get rid of competition. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120718123527.GE31237@tal
