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An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in Bilski case rehearingAn opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in Bilski case rehearingPosted Apr 11, 2008 0:32 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333)In reply to: An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in Bilski case rehearing by caitlinbestler Parent article: An opportunity to End Software Patents: ESP briefs Court in Bilski case rehearing
"'By your logic everything should be free. your objection is to the market system, and has absolutely nothing to do with software patents."" Umm... In a truly capitalistic environment there would be no place for any sort of patents or copyrights for that matter. Or any form of artificial government-enforced ownership over anything.
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Government-enforced ownership Posted Apr 11, 2008 6:22 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] Actually, apart from wild west scenarios all property is "artificial government-enforced ownership". From ancient irrigation laws in Summer to medieval land deeds to modern day copyright regulations, ownership is granted (or taken away) from the state to private citizens; and it is the state's judicial system which decides upon who owns who. In the old days kings exercised all this power (remember Solomon's judgment), while now it is the State.
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