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Xref: sserve comp.org.eff.talk:9513 misc.int-property:599 comp.unix.bsd:6703 Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,misc.int-property,alt.suit.att-bsdi,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!news!humu!pegasus!richard 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 Lines: 21 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? -- Richard Foulk richard@pegasus.com