Software patents [Was:Re: Oracle intersted in buying Ubunutu]

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Friday 21 April 2006 01:00, Paul O'Malley wrote:
> Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:
> >How can ti stifle innovation? If all the established ideas are patented
> > you have to innovate. If anything, it encouraged innovation. What it does
> > not encourage is free software in general. But ultimately, this is not
> > the problem of the company. What you are saying is that somebody should
> > make less
>
> Hi,
>
> Before I start let me say this, I believe that this thread needs to die.
> I will not support or defend anything below, replying to it does not
> mean you win, there is no win in this situation. As I see it software
> patents are a government granted monopoly in the software space, and
> they have provide no economic good.
>
depends on the country. In some countries, most in fact, they do not function 
as they do int he USA. The concept is not flawed, it is the execution.
> Who found that, the FED in the US found that.
>
> Here is a rather long audio where the man from Microsoft got it wrong:
> http://www.archive.org/details/IfsoSaving_Europe_from_Software_Patents
>
> At the end of the day, monopolies guard their space. They see that as
> their job.
> However walls to free and fair competition need to be minimised and this
> is one of those things.
>
I agree. But patents do not necessarily guarantee monopolies.
> If your right then we should extend the monopoly fully and fly the state
> flag over the door to every business and submit to a state monopoly! Ooh
> that business model does not work.
>
a) this is not what I said
b) even if you interpreted what I said in this direction, it qualifies 
perfectly under the header deductio ad absurdum.
> Mmm no I'm keeping the ball and going home, I have a patent on it.
> Anyone who tries to continue the game will have to pay an access fee of
> twice the level of the income they generate in their lifetime.
>
see above
> :-)
>
> Paul
Best wishes,

Sasha