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You are allowed to make use of any patented technology for personal, non-commercial purposes. IANAL, but this is very surprising. Why then people don't make,
by gasull 18y ago
You are allowed to make use of any patented technology for personal, non-commercial purposes.
IANAL, but this is very surprising. Why then people don't make, say, a motorbike in a workshop instead of buying it?
- eru 18y agoPerhaps the benefits of division of labour outweight the inconvenience of paying for patents, or - say - taxes?
- gasull 18y agoYes, but a workshop-cooperative could outweight both. If patents don't prevent this I'm surprised nobody is doing it already. Maybe this is a start: http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/13/diy-innovation-newton-tech-egang08-cz_vb_0813newton.html http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/13/diy-innovation-newton-tech-...
- HeyLaughingBoy 18y agoBecause it would cost more. Trivial example: let's say someone wanted a copy of Microsoft word. They could buy it for $300 (or whatever), or build it in a "workshop" along with 500 developers for $50M (or whatever it costs MS to build it) Same deal with the motorcycle.