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patent thoughts.
| author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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| date | Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:38:27 +0000 |
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| children | a76185df0065 |
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| rlm@12 | 1 #+title: Thoughts on Patents |
| rlm@12 | 2 #+author: Robert McIntyre |
| rlm@12 | 3 #+email: rlm@mit.edu |
| rlm@12 | 4 #+description: |
| rlm@12 | 5 #+keywords: |
| rlm@12 | 6 #+SETUPFILE: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org |
| rlm@12 | 7 #+INCLUDE: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org |
| rlm@12 | 8 |
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| rlm@12 | 10 * Patents generally an inhibitive force. |
| rlm@12 | 11 |
| rlm@12 | 12 Patents are usually a negative force, one that allows you to stop |
| rlm@12 | 13 other entities from using knowledge to their own advantage. |
| rlm@12 | 14 |
| rlm@12 | 15 * Google has created "neutral" patents via a pledge which attaches conditions to its patents. |
| rlm@12 | 16 Google has a pledge at |
| rlm@12 | 17 http://www.google.com/patents/opnpledge/pledge/ that says that for |
| rlm@12 | 18 certain specified patents "we pledge not to sue any user, |
| rlm@12 | 19 distributor or developer of open-source software on specified |
| rlm@12 | 20 patents, unless first attacked." |
| rlm@12 | 21 |
| rlm@12 | 22 This is an interesting statement to me. With this pledge, Google has |
| rlm@12 | 23 created "neutral" patents that allow open source software to |
| rlm@12 | 24 develop, but do not particurally encourage it to develop. |
| rlm@12 | 25 |
| rlm@12 | 26 |