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> With one of the most restrictive IP licensing scheme I've encountered in my professional life. Way to promote innovation indeed. I feel like you are moving g
by whyever 8y ago
> With one of the most restrictive IP licensing scheme I've encountered in my professional life. Way to promote innovation indeed.
I feel like you are moving goal posts. Also, do you think IP in the US software industry is any better?
- ur-whale 8y agoNo, I am not moving the goal posts. Patents, while they were invented to promote it, end up being a major drag on innovation, which bears to my point: innovating in Europe is a major PITA. >Also, do you think IP in the US software industry is any better The way IP is managed in the US is terrible, granted. But I would say that these days, and specifically for software, things are way better than they used to - say - in the 80's and 90's. A number of tech. companies are starting to recognize that sharing IP is actually making them more money in the long run and are actually publishing a lot of what they invent. For example, and while I am no fan of Google, they tend to open source a ton of non-obvious stuff (e.g. the recently discussed s2 library). On the flipside, and as an experiment: if you work in a German tech. company, try and ask their legal dept how they'd feel about open-sourcing some of their stack. See what they say.
- qznc 8y agoHow much a tech company open sources their stuff depends much more on their industry sector. The web industry makes a lot Open Source. The embedded industry does not. Do General Motors, Boeing, or Tesla open source a lot? My employer, Bosch, does open source a few things. For example: http://www.amalthea-project.org/ http://www.amalthea-project.org/