Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 16, 2006 10:01 PM
Your argument could be turned 180 and one could ask "what right does open source have to deprive a patent holder of their rights"? The argument isn't one of superior/inferior, but of compromises for all concerned.* I've already made my suggestion, as well as showing that innovation happens as much from barriers as it does from coattails.
*The "all or nothing" attitude of stallman doesn't always work.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 16, 2006 10:01 PM*The "all or nothing" attitude of stallman doesn't always work.
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