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Thread: closed source, what's the big deal?

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    Re: closed source, what's the big deal?

    I won't try to convince you that the patent system isn't broken. It certainly does seem to violate the original intent of putting technology into the hands of the people while still giving an incentive to inventors. But, software is not different. You can get patents in almost every field with practically no research, ideas only. There are companies that exist with this as their sole purpose. I'll give one example. My favorite is carboxylic acids (citric, lactic, etc.) claimed in combination with anything. Patents issue every day claiming some novelty in mixing carboxylic acids with something else. People have used those since the dawn of civilization, it's ridiculous. How that meets the legal definition of "novelty" I don't know. And yes I have at least one of them and it still seems stupid.

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    Re: closed source, what's the big deal?

    in a PERFECT world (this is an utopia, i know) computers shouldn't be a business.
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    Re: closed source, what's the big deal?

    I believe, if you can't see it, smell it, hear it, taste it, or feel it, it shouldn't be patented, just like you can't patent air.

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    Re: closed source, what's the big deal?

    Also remember that free software is free as in "free speech" and not "free beer" . You are "allowed" to modify software and then selling it, you just can't hide the source code
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