On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:16:38 -0400 Jerry <je...@seibercom.net> wrote: > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 21:43:21 -0300 > Mario Lobo articulated: > > > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:33:20 -0400 > > Jerry <je...@seibercom.net> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:48:56 -0400 > > > Robert Huff articulated: > > > > > [Snip] > > > > > The socialists still feel they are entitled to something > > > for nothing. > > > > > Jerry; > > > > Forgive me for barging in like this but to me, what your sentence > > describes is just plain good old greedy people. Patents provided > > the perfect LEGAL way for these very people to make theirs, an idea > > that they didn't think of or had the gift/talent to create, as a > > quickie for profit. The result: Now the long patent arm reaches > > fruit, seeds and DNA. This means that I can't "create" a Graviola > > juice drink (local Brazilian fruit) because a Japanese guy patented > > the fruit !! How ridiculous did we allowed this to get? > > Yes you can. You are stating a commonly held incorrect belief. You can > always request a license from the patient holder. No one, well no one > interested in monetary compensation would patient anything unless they > were: > > ⁽¹⁾ Intended to use the patents in such a way that they would > directly profit from it > > ⁽²⁾ Intended to lease the patent rights or outright sell the patent. > > Patients protect hard working people who may work years, maybe half > their life to come up with a killer idea only to have a douche bag > come along and use it sans payments. > > Interestingly enough, you seem to equate an entity, individual, group > or corporation that want to profit off of their work and investment as > greedy. I call them entitled. With that said, feel free to develop > some great idea and then give it away for nothing. No one, certainly > not me, is going to stop you. >
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