In this case the patent is on a set on mathamatical algorithms... There is no competition possible. All and any implementations of that algorithm are subject to the patent. This sort of patent is sort of like Newton patenting gravity or a patent on 1+1=2. The technique is more or less a law of nature.
Bruce
Joseph Finley wrote:
I think you "patent haters" are looking at the negative aspect only. Remember, that competition drives innovation. If everyone used the same product there would be no incentive to develop anything new or along the same lines, where's reward to innovate if there is no incentive, why do it? Incentive being the $$ for your work. This thread could go further into music, art, publications, pharmaceuticals, etc. I don't believe in monopolies, but it would lead to an intellectual monopoly thus a stagnant never changing technology. I know the concept will be hard to understand for some. Don't flame, just understand the other side.
Joe
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walt Reed Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] g.729 - licenses and opinions
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 02:58:47PM -0500, Steven Critchfield said:
On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 14:45, Kevin Walsh wrote:
Steven Critchfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So while I think it is important, I
also can't seem to draw a reasonable line. 24 months in most software isn't enough time from day 0 to make any reward for the work, at least not monetarily. What software project out there do you know had a major roll out sufficiently under 24 months from beginning of programming to have paid the programming staff off after say 1 year past the initial 24 months?
Software patents encourage monopoly rather than freedom. Idiots write a line of code and then feel that they've "invented" something.
Temporary monopoly. Of course with the current time limits, it might as well be permanent since the techniques will be mostly useless by the time they are free.
And don't forget that with patents, it actually encourages splintering of technologies and hinders compatability. It happens all around us - GSM vs CDMA, GIF/PNG/JPEG, MPeg/OGG/WMA, etc. With software patents, the only benefit is to the patent holder. Users just get screwed. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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