On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Michael Stork <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom Sparks wrote: >> >> I am not for a government organization >> but i dont want for-profit Privatization of the resources >> and no patent on the technology > > If there are no patents, then what incentive does anyone have to do > anything? If you spend your time/energy/money developing a product/idea/etc, > and someone else can legally steal it the instant it hits the market, what > exactly was the point? >
I should point out that copyrights, patents, and other forms of intellectual property are artificial constructions created by that government you don't like. They're created for the express purpose of distorting the free market. -- David Scheidt [email protected] _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
