On 18/07/12 08:35 AM, Chris Bannister wrote:
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.
True about copyright but not about patents in North America. The
American patent system was originally set up with good intentions on the
part of at least some of its backers.
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