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

[Nicole Zimmerman]

> We don't want to prevent people from legitimately solving the
> problem themselves. But we want /our/ way of doing it protected,
> at least until we've got the reasonable reward for our labout.
> (yeah, 'our'. I count chewing it over with him while theoretically
> watching 'Buffy' to be work.)
> 
> So .. is it wrong for us to investigate patents/copyright/whatever?

Exactly...

Facing a similar problem here, as he would like to *eventually* make
this free, but need to make a living with the skills that he has in the
meantime. So, he's thinking of keeping it 'patented' for 2-3 renewal
periods (~8-12 years) and after that, release it to the public.

-nicole (and karl)

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