On 5 December 2011 14:34, Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nd.edu> wrote:
> IMHO, the idea of intellectual "property" on things that can be duplicated without any sort of degradation -- like software -- is absolutely absurd and bogus. --Eric Morgan
No argument there.
But arguably even worse is that independent reinvention is no defence
when it comes to patent infringement. Which is crazy, since 90% of
what a typical programmer does during a day IS independent reinvention
of techniques.
-- Mike.
Received on Mon Dec 05 2011 - 09:49:48 EST