- From: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@realmeasures.dyndns.org>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:21:01 -0500
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(Forwarded from DotGNU Developers list) -------- Original Message -------- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:07:01 -0800 From: Eric Altendorf <EricAltendorf@orst.edu> To: developers@dotgnu.org Off topic, but this is the sort of crap that gets me motivated, so I thought I'd throw it out here and try to rile up some folks. :-) ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- First Amazon patents the concept of a "one-click purchase". Now they want to patent the concept of "coordinating the delivery of a gift". > http://www.nypost.com/technology/64022.htm (Yet another reason why I refuse to shop at Amazon...) Someone please tell me how issuing 20-year government enforced monopolies on concepts, ideas, or algorithms is good for competition or in any way whatsoever encourages technological progress in a free market. For more information on the disturbing trend in patenting ideas read James Gleick's excellent editorial in the New York Times: > http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20000312mag-patents.html Eric _______________________________________________ Developers mailing list Developers@dotgnu.org http://www.dotgnu.org/mailman/listinfo/developers
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