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From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
Subject: Re: Patents:  What they are.  What they aren't.  Other factors.
Message-ID: <1992Oct17.015308.29380@pegasus.com>
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
References: <1992Oct13.055638.23596@netcom.com> <id.S_2U.Z2G@ferranti.com> <1992Oct15.144359.7019@rwwa.COM>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 92 01:53:08 GMT
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In article <1992Oct15.144359.7019@rwwa.COM> witr@rwwa.com writes:
> [...]
>Until we have such an operative definition, I feel safe in saying that
>any example I would offer up would be greeted by a loud braying from the
>anti-patent faction claiming it was *obviously* not of a benefit to
>society.
>
>PS: I've had it with this thread.  I must have been insane thinking that
>it was an intellectual topic; it's not.  It is nothing but politics, and
>as I should have known: politics and thought have as much in common as
>liver and icecream.
>

Without taking either side, let me ask:

Can we assume that you are not willing to entertain the possibility
that patents may ultimately not be beneficial to society?


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Richard Foulk		richard@pegasus.com