On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 11:25:23PM -0700 I heard the voice of David Schwartz, and lo! it spake thus: > > > On Sunday 10 July 2005 08:16 pm, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > Thank you. I am against patents all together. . . :-D
Well, I wasn't the one who said that... but I'm going to agree with it anyway, just for kicks 8-} > If there was no patent system, the same effect would be achieved by > contracts and EULAs. The net effect would be the same as with > patents, except that the terms would not be limited by law and there > would not be as much public disclosure. No, there would be one important difference; the burden of proof would be correct. If you wanted sanctions against me, you'd have to demonstrate that I stole the idea from you. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream. _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
