Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
...
Apparently there are many who believe we would be better off if the system was designed to "take" a patent or copyright from someone who cannot or refuses to use it, and "bestow" it upon someone who says they will. In other words, if someone else can profit better from my idea, they would have the legal right to take it.
|
Not wishing to start a political debate on this thread, but this patent/copyright concept is simply the IP equivalent of Karl Marx's "from each according to abilities, to each according to needs." We have a long enough politican/economic baseline to show that that idea doesn't work very well...