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> I think there's a big difference between applying for a patent for protection vs. applying for a patent to wield it as a sword. Patents for protection... Lik
by carbocation 16y ago
> I think there's a big difference between applying for a patent for protection vs. applying for a patent to wield it as a sword.
Patents for protection... Like Sun's patents, right?
- rewind 16y agoI didn't say that all patent applications are for protection.
- carbocation 16y agoI guess I was trying to express the following: I believe that Sun's patents really were intended defensively, but upon their acquisition by oracle this got turned on its head.
- rewind 16y agoGotcha. Didn't read it that way originally.
- carbocation 16y agoYeah, sorry, it came off snarkier than I had intended.