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The problem with patent is that large companies go out and copy what ever they want and then turn around and patent it. I wouldn't mind if some small potato too
by ubudesign 19y ago
The problem with patent is that large companies go out and copy what ever they want and then turn around and patent it. I wouldn't mind if some small potato took my code. Of course I wouldn't like it. but.. it would be really painful if a larger company did it. And they do. There is not much inovation with large companies. the good ones buy smaller compaines but some just take what they want. from open source or where ever they get their hands on.
So yes i would be for patent if it wasn't such a bad system where if you have moeny you could patent even things that don't belong to you.
- daltonlp 19y agoThat makes sense. I think you're better off using copyrights than patents. No application process, and typical friendlier court procedures. With a patent, you need to prove in court that your idea was novel. With copyrights, you just need to prove that you wrote your code first.