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"Rational move". Think about that for a second. Morally wrong doesn't really reach anyone's mind these days.
by hajderr 8y ago
"Rational move". Think about that for a second. Morally wrong doesn't really reach anyone's mind these days.
- sobani 8y agoMorals don't count for a whole lot if a patent trolls are also players in the game.
- jackvalentine 8y agoMorals always count. They wouldn’t be morals if you didn’t have to sometimes to work against rational self interest to stick to them. And google of all companies have the resources to swat away patent lawsuits with so much prior art.
- seangrant 8y agoHow would it look if someone else got the patent and completely blocked Google? It's not even a question for large companies. The issue is this archaic patent and copyright system where someone "owns" an idea... Absurd.
- bsaul 8y agoThis type of argument doesn’t stand here. Since the truth is that there is prior art, and the right thing to do is to make sure nobody got the patent, google could have make sure nobody get the patent. Ironically that’s what they ended up doing, but i doubt it was on purpose.
- EugeneOZ 8y agoIt's not their work for starters.