On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 02:24:25PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Wouter Verhelst: > > > Unlike in the software business, there are some domains (such as > > pharmaceutics) where patents really are crucial to innovation > > It's not clear which role patents play in pharmaceutics. [...]
Okay, then perhaps the pharmaceutics industry isn't a very good example. That's not the point I was trying to make; the point is that even though software patents are quite clearly a bad idea, that doesn't mean /all/ patents are bad. Therefore, having a copyright license which forbids you to sue the author on /any/ patent infringement, on the risk of losing your right to use the patent is not good. -- EARTH smog | bricks AIR -- mud -- FIRE soda water | tequila WATER -- with thanks to fortune