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From: mjt@nysv.org
To: Spam <spam@tnonline.net>
Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com
Subject: Re: implementing reiserfs in C++ for a new OS
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:44:30 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040812144430.GF1284@nysv.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <695292334.20040811222138@tnonline.net>

On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 10:21:38PM +0200, Spam wrote:
>  Indeed.  But  I  could write another poem which is based on the same
>  ideas.  Another  example  would  be  an  idea about a cool 3D GUI it
>  doesn't  mean  no  one else can implement that idea. I would have to
>  patent  it (in those countries that allow software patents) in order
>  to protect the idea.

That's why patents are a bad thing.

Originally they're of course about giving the inventor some leeway to
do something with his invention, but they can be abused, and are abused,
so badly that they do more harm than good.

http://www.base.com/software-patents/disputes.html

That for example, Google got me many more hits, but everyone cand find
the data themselves :)

-- 
mjt


  reply	other threads:[~2004-08-12 14:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-07 13:11 implementing reiserfs in C++ for a new OS Ramachandra K
2004-08-07 14:54 ` Redeeman
2004-08-07 15:05   ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-08-07 15:11     ` Redeeman
2004-08-07 17:51 ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-09 14:36   ` Ramachandra K
2004-08-09 14:52     ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-08-09 15:09       ` Marcelo Pacheco
2004-08-09 15:12       ` mjt
2004-08-09 15:22         ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-08-09 15:35           ` mjt
2004-08-09 17:01             ` Chris Dukes
2004-08-09 17:24               ` mjt
2004-08-10  5:26                 ` Ramachandra K
2004-08-10 19:12                   ` Quinn Harris
2004-08-10 19:51                     ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-10 21:19                       ` mjt
2004-08-10 22:05                         ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-11  4:54                           ` Spam
2004-08-11  6:08                             ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-11 10:11                               ` Nikita Danilov
2004-08-11 16:43                                 ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-11 16:47                                   ` mjt
2004-08-11 16:55                                   ` Nikita Danilov
2004-08-11 17:36                                     ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-11 17:42                                       ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-08-11 17:44                                       ` Nikita Danilov
2004-08-11 20:40                                         ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-08-11 23:12                                           ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-11 17:16                                   ` Chris Dukes
2004-08-11 17:26                                     ` Nikita Danilov
2004-08-11 17:40                                     ` mjt
2004-08-11 17:42                                     ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-11 17:16                                   ` Alex Zarochentsev
2004-08-11 17:42                                     ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-11 20:21                               ` Spam
2004-08-12 14:44                                 ` mjt [this message]
2004-08-11  7:39                             ` mjt
2004-08-11  7:51                               ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-11  8:01                                 ` mjt
2004-08-11  8:10                               ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-08-11  8:28                                 ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-11  9:00                                 ` mjt
2004-08-11  9:44                                   ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-08-11  9:55                                     ` Rudy L. Zijlstra
2004-08-11 10:18                                     ` Nikita Danilov
2004-08-11 16:51                                       ` Hans Reiser
2004-08-11 10:54                                     ` mjt
2004-08-11 11:07                                       ` Christophe Saout
2004-08-11 12:12                                       ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-08-11 12:39                                         ` mjt
2004-08-11 13:04                                           ` Dr. Giovanni A. Orlando
2004-08-11 13:21                                             ` mjt
2004-08-11 23:22                                           ` Tom Vier
2004-08-12 14:47                                             ` mjt
2004-08-11 22:04                   ` David Greaves
2004-08-09 15:17       ` Jonathan Briggs
     [not found] <20040808020024.746D415C29@mail03.powweb.com>
2004-08-08  2:11 ` David Dabbs

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