Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 20, 2006 05:44 AM
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 patent system isn't about rights, it's about encouraging innovation. The fact that rights fit into it was a fortunate coincidence but as soon as innovation is threatened (patents holding back open development), the system has to change.
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Re:Intellectual Property-coattails
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 20, 2006 05:44 AMThe patent system isn't about rights, it's about encouraging innovation. The fact that rights fit into it was a fortunate coincidence but as soon as innovation is threatened (patents holding back open development), the system has to change.
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