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It's called "leap-frogging." Preventing it is the goal of patents, but many here argue against those as well. It's like they want things to be better, but the
by fnid2 16y ago
It's called "leap-frogging." Preventing it is the goal of patents, but many here argue against those as well. It's like they want things to be better, but they don't want to allow the creators of those better things to benefit from the betterment themselves.
When you limit the innovators' ability to profit from their innovations, they'll stop innovating...
- lutorm 16y agoYou're saying the goal of patents is to force others to adapt outdated technologies? Funny, I always thought the purpose of patents was to promote progress of "science and the useful arts".
- fnid2 16y agoI can't imagine where you got that I was saying that. The goal of patents is to allow innovators to share their ideas, while still protecting their ability to profit from the idea. The goal of patents is to reduce the risk of competitors taking profits for an idea without investing the R&D in the idea.