Patent hit - MS goes after Linux - FreeBSD ?

[Mario Lobo]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 08:16:38 -0400
Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 21:43:21 -0300
> Mario Lobo articulated:
> 
> > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 09:33:20 -0400
> > Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sun, 5 Aug 2012 08:48:56 -0400
> > > Robert Huff articulated:
> > > 
> > [Snip]
> > 
> > > The socialists still feel they are entitled to something
> > > for nothing.
> > > 
> > Jerry;
> > 
> > Forgive me for barging in like this but to me, what your sentence
> > describes is just plain good old greedy people. Patents provided
> > the perfect LEGAL way for these very people to make theirs, an idea
> > that they didn't think of or had the gift/talent to create, as a
> > quickie for profit. The result: Now the long patent arm reaches
> > fruit, seeds and DNA. This means that I can't "create" a Graviola
> > juice drink (local Brazilian fruit) because a Japanese guy patented
> > the fruit !! How ridiculous did we allowed this to get?
> 
> Yes you can. You are stating a commonly held incorrect belief. You can
> always request a license from the patient holder. No one, well no one
> interested in monetary compensation would patient anything unless they
> were:
> 
> ⁽¹⁾ Intended to use the patents in such a way that they would
> directly profit from it
> 
> ⁽²⁾ Intended to lease the patent rights or outright sell the patent.
> 
> Patients protect hard working people who may work years, maybe half
> their life to come up with a killer idea only to have a douche bag
> come along and use it sans payments.
> 
> Interestingly enough, you seem to equate an entity, individual, group
> or corporation that want to profit off of their work and investment as
> greedy. I call them entitled. With that said, feel free to develop
> some great idea and then give it away for nothing. No one, certainly
> not me, is going to stop you.
> 

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