Re: Evil Designers Guide to Copying Patents

In article <56j6paF2a02i0U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx says...
John Larkin wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:40:51 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
<dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

John Fields wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:30:57 +0000, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax
<dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



The judge is the one who can throw it out of court before a jury is even
called.
The point being, everything not explicitly forbidden is permissible.
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But, you seem to forget that patent infringement and copyright
violation _are_ explicitly forbidden. By law.
You well know it's not as simple as that.
All copyrights and patents get you is entry to the court, providing you
have enough money.

And, more importantly, by ethics, since what isn't yours isn't yours
to use as you see fit.
There's no such thing in business.

Businesses are run by people, and all people have their own ethics.
IBM has a history of ethical behavior (and good products), and
Microsoft has a history of dishonesty and ruthlessness (and crap.)

The rules are written down and interpreted by the courts.
That's the beginning and end of it.

Not here.

Like you say, we all have our personal ethics.
But that's not what runs our societies.

I disagree. Unfortunately more and more are on your side, as
evidenced here.

--
Keith
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