Lan Barnes wrote:
Tracy speaks for me with this addendum. Patent and copyright is in the constitution precisely because they were so abused by the 18th century English Crown. It was a rip off then and it's a rip off now. The subject was hotly contested and many, like Jefferson, thought there should be no protection for ideas. The protection that did get accepted was expressedly for the purpose of promoting commerce, not stifling it. Our Congress is bought and sold, and that's the damned truth.
(Which reminds me of the thread on Kooler :) ) PGA -- Paul G. Allen, BSIT/SE Owner, Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting Services www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
