We don't know any evil corporations that would ever even consider
stealing code from anyone.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Eanes [mailto:rheanes3@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 1:54 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] considering open sourcing my app
Not at all. Defensive patents don't need to be
excersized; they just keep rabid corporations from
stealing what you have shared with the world.
--- Levi Bard <levi@bard.sytes.net> wrote:
> > BTW, someone mentioned patents... That's a bad
> idea. If you patent some
> > software-thingy, a lot of people will hate you,
> and that's not something
> > you want. Generally, software patents make
> people/organizations look
> > bad. (ala Amazon).
>
> Additionally, I think that a patent on the idea
> would be incompatible with
> GPL on the implementation. That would be like
> saying, "I'm patenting the
> wheel, and giving away these free wheel kits, but if
> you use the wheel kit
> to make a wheel, I'm suing!"
>
> Levi
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