Klarinet Archive - Posting 000217.txt from 2006/04

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: McIntyre/Mazzeo
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:30:12 -0400

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Mark Charette wrote:
> I would strongly disagree with a "copyleft" for this type of item, but I'm
> not really interested in agruing religion :^)

I suggested that half tongue-in-cheek; I'm willing to listen to
arguments on this one. I don't see patents in their traditional form as
inherently evil: disclosure in return for a short-term monopoly is a
pretty good deal for society in many cases.

"Copyright law was designed to promote authorship and art, and covers
the details of a work of authorship or art. Patent law was intended to
encourage publication of ideas, at the price of finite monopolies over
these ideas--a price that may be worth paying in some fields and not in
others." ---Richard M. Stallman

For those who are wondering who Richard Stallman is, or what Copyleft
is, see: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/copyleft.html :-)

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