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But that plays into the "wild" part. It is wild that you can refuse to let someone do something that you know how to do. In the "compulsive licensing" world,
by taeric 3y ago
But that plays into the "wild" part. It is wild that you can refuse to let someone do something that you know how to do.
In the "compulsive licensing" world, it would be "wild" to not allow someone to perform a song that you played first. Which is why we don't allow that.
In fashion, it would be wild for you to have certain button schemes that nobody else can use. We don't allow that. In math, it would be wild to have equations nobody could use. We... sorta do not allow that.
- caminante 3y agoI understand your point (patents are quirky in that they give unilateral blocking rights). That's not what I'm taking issue with. Remember, the entire premise of this subthread isn't even grounded in the facts of this case!