1.1 --- a/org/patents.org	Mon Apr 01 16:40:12 2013 +0000
     1.2 +++ b/org/patents.org	Mon Apr 01 16:43:48 2013 +0000
     1.3 @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     1.4    player, you will have problems distributing that player because of
     1.5    the mp3 patents.
     1.6  
     1.7 -** Patents are treated as physical objects
     1.8 +** Patents are treated as property
     1.9    They can be sold, seized, etc. This is because the government wants
    1.10    new inventions to actually be made available to the public. The idea
    1.11    here is that if you are an inventor and you obtain a patent on a
    1.12 @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
    1.13    done this by attaching legally binding conditions on the enforcement
    1.14    of their patents via a pledge.
    1.15  
    1.16 -* Positive Patents
    1.17 +* COMMENT Positive Patents
    1.18    We can create patents that actively encourage openness by emulating
    1.19    the GPL. What it would take is a company that issues a more
    1.20    aggressive pledge about its patents; Something along the lines of:
    1.21 @@ -175,3 +175,16 @@
    1.22    
    1.23    The only way for a company to become a special exception would be
    1.24    for them to contribute monetarily to this hypothetical company.
    1.25 +
    1.26 +
    1.27 +
    1.28 +* COMMENT
    1.29 + use proscriptive/freedom enabling/disabling?
    1.30 +
    1.31 + explain a scenario of how this pledge would work.
    1.32 +
    1.33 + Describe that this is to destroy the patent system
    1.34 + 
    1.35 + talk about selective enforcement-oppression
    1.36 +
    1.37 + how do we get the "big guys"