# HG changeset patch
# User Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
# Date 1364834628 0
# Node ID 123cc504e694e965511eb4d072b17e957a1bc30b
# Parent  0a8b2984af7d9cab5af2e1051ab5b15b9aec7bfc
dylan notes.

diff -r 0a8b2984af7d -r 123cc504e694 org/patents.org
--- a/org/patents.org	Mon Apr 01 16:40:12 2013 +0000
+++ b/org/patents.org	Mon Apr 01 16:43:48 2013 +0000
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   player, you will have problems distributing that player because of
   the mp3 patents.
 
-** Patents are treated as physical objects
+** Patents are treated as property
   They can be sold, seized, etc. This is because the government wants
   new inventions to actually be made available to the public. The idea
   here is that if you are an inventor and you obtain a patent on a
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
   done this by attaching legally binding conditions on the enforcement
   of their patents via a pledge.
 
-* Positive Patents
+* COMMENT Positive Patents
   We can create patents that actively encourage openness by emulating
   the GPL. What it would take is a company that issues a more
   aggressive pledge about its patents; Something along the lines of:
@@ -175,3 +175,16 @@
   
   The only way for a company to become a special exception would be
   for them to contribute monetarily to this hypothetical company.
+
+
+
+* COMMENT
+ use proscriptive/freedom enabling/disabling?
+
+ explain a scenario of how this pledge would work.
+
+ Describe that this is to destroy the patent system
+ 
+ talk about selective enforcement-oppression
+
+ how do we get the "big guys"