Re: [issues] Patents (was: RMS boycott of Amazon)

[Laurel Fan]

Excerpts from linuxchix: 18-Dec-99 [issues] Patents (was: RMS .. by
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> tell me, if you were a struggling college student who is developing an
> original data structure that has a chance to be in demand what can you do
> to proffit from your idea other than to patent it?

The same thing I'd do if I was a struggling college student who is
developing an OS that has a chance to be in demand: release it as free
software, and if it's as great as I think it is, I'll have no trouble
getting a high paying job doing what I want to (at a secretive chip
startup, perhaps?).  Personally, I don't know any college students with
the money to get a patent anyway. 

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