Sujet : Re: Do Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs Require Linux?
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 02. Jun 2024, 19:29:49
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On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 07:45:46 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
I don't see really see it. I think people have the right to patent
products (so that they can make a living making something they invented
— exclusively for a few years — so long as it's a real product and
they're not patenting a "concept" like Apple's "rectangle with rounded
corners"). I also think software can be copyrighted. I don't have to use
proprietary software.
Patents and copyrights work in theory, not so well in practice. Between
the patent trolls and people making money from copyrights that had nothing
to do with the creation of the copyrighted property there is a lot of
government sponsored grifting.
One of my mentors was a fairly prolific innovator. He never patented
anything since he thought it would make it easier for the idea to be
copied. Hit the market, make your money, and move on to something else
when the copycats arrive.
Stephan Kinsella has some good arguments in 'Against Intellectual
Property'.
https://c4sif.org/