2009/8/5 Rob Manson <rob...@mobusiness.com.au> > > Hi Owen,
Hi Rob. > better to be quoted out of context than not at all 8) > > > So my question to you is - what's wrong with plain old copyright and > controlled distribution for your software? Nothing at all. But, as you know, copyright only protects the expression of a concept, not the concept itself. What I have done is to assert my ownership of the concept itself, so that no one can claim it as theirs. If it so turns out that someone comes up with a different, yet better concept, then they have a better concept. That is competition. Do you have another definition? > It works for all the big software companies. Heh. I've been there, and I know that it doesn't. Big software companies hoard and defend patents like there's no tomorrow. > Very few of them actually utilise software patents in reality. That might be because they sit on them, and that's a reason for why I, as an individual, patented my concept alone. > e.g. control your source code and not the idea > > If the idea is unique and your software is useful and your > prices/distribution are reasonable then people will use it. > > If someone else can take your idea and do any of those better than you > then you're probably screwed anyway 8) > > Or at least have some healthy competition that will make your business > "better". Probably not. I believe it cranks up the competition theme to an intensity where it is beneficial for no one. What you get is forces competing not against each other, but against the customers who are stifled with making a decision between two identical products. Owen. -- www.cliquespace.net Clique Space(TM) Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81335296379 Owen's Garden of Thought: http://owenpaulthomas.blogspot.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
