From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13971 invoked by uid 1002); 28 Aug 2003 04:10:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 13626 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2003 04:10:51 -0000 From: Luke-Jr Organization: Gentoo Linux To: Stuart Herbert , matt@legalizefreedom.org, gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 04:10:20 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <1062016412.3111.3.camel@biproc> <200308271435.43103.matt@legalizefreedom.org> <200308280244.15864.stuart@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200308280244.15864.stuart@gentoo.org> GPG-Public-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD53E9583 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308280410.29055.luke-jr@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] European Patentability rules X-Archives-Salt: 6d52e869-06b7-4d00-85c0-d465c1fdc98a X-Archives-Hash: 6ec81b358c40d2b2c29b4c32f8df0c93 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 28 August 2003 01:44 am, Stuart Herbert wrote: > Let's say that HP *did* actually invent remote access to another computer. > (Two disclaimers: first, I've worked for HP in the past, and second I have > no idea whether the patent in question is creditable or not) Why shouldn= 't > they be entitled to protect their IPR, and to earn revenue from it? Never > mind the details, it's a simple yes or no question of morals. You do realize what patents are, right? This would be like saying just beca= use=20 HP invented remote access first, noone else can invent it independantly. Ev= en=20 if someone does invent something, they should only have exclusive right to= =20 use it for 10 years, and only if they tell others how to create it. I don't= =20 see how you could believe anything else (at least as far as the patents are= =20 concerned) is morally acceptable, let alone see the other view as immoral. =2D --=20 Luke-Jr Developer, Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/ =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/TYCwZl/BHdU+lYMRAoe6AJ4r3k/XtNmjMEMimWxsOlTaZ5+8egCfbz/R vMjRnrWlMCzRbDJIENd/Z8k=3D =3D5Ugw =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list