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Shall they learn the hard way?

Posted May 7, 2004 14:56 UTC (Fri) by libra (guest, #2515)
Parent article: FFII: EU Ambassadors vote to back Software Patents

There has been attempt to explain why it is a mistake to go for patents in the field of computers. Now if they do not get the clues and do not understand why it is bad they deserve to learn it the hard way.

That is they deserve the chaos and damages to innovation that will result of such a choice. Of course it will damage us not to be able to innovate as we would like, but I think the governments will suffer more from that choice than the community.

So sad they do seem to be going for such a mistake to learn.

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Shall they learn the hard way?

Posted May 7, 2004 16:09 UTC (Fri) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523) [Link]

No, government will not suffer more than the community, for government
is an instrument of the community.

What that really mean is that the society will change to accommodate for that decision,
for the worse.

Government is an instrument of the community?

Posted May 10, 2004 8:22 UTC (Mon) by angdraug (subscriber, #7487) [Link]

Oh come on, do you really believe this? Look around you and point at a single example of where community wouldn't be better off without government. Government is a parasite, not even a symbiont.

P.S. Sorry, couldn't resist. Spring, and all...

Shall they learn the hard way?

Posted May 8, 2004 7:22 UTC (Sat) by joshk (subscriber, #20608) [Link]

Perhaps governments do not want to stop projecting the image that they are omniscient and Always Know What's Best for you.

Case in point: Jack Valenti.