Re: patents list is a bad idea (Was: patents) -- Sad

[Alexandre Hautequest <hquest onda com br>]

I think the patents *could* be useful to prevent other coMpanie$ to register
some idea and force OpenSource to change its plans because of "ignorance".

But, agreed about a patent can be more troubleful than helpful.

Citando Ryan McDougall <ryan mcdougall telusplanet net>:

> On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 09:13, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > Le dim 08/02/2004 à 01:56, Curtis C. Hovey a écrit :
> > 
> > > > A patents list is an extremely bad idea: 
> > [...]
> > > The ignorance defense does what?  Lets GNOME use the patent anyway?
> > 
> [...]
> > Even if building a "patents list" may seem like a good idea to you, it
> > will do more harm than good to free software developers. So please
> > don't.
> > 
> 
> Pretty sad day when ignorance becomes bliss among leaders.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ryan


-- 
Alexandre Hautequest

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