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Are these patents really evil, or just positioning for an endgame where everyone settles financially based on their portfolio?
by mathattack 14y ago
Are these patents really evil, or just positioning for an endgame where everyone settles financially based on their portfolio?
- bediger4000 14y agoI guess I'd have to ask what difference that makes? Everyone settling financially is akin to making a patent clearinghouse cartel type of thing, where only really big companies get to play. The end result? A less than free market in practice, but not in name, mercantilist policies about who gets to innovate, and controlled innovation. Do we look back on the 75 years of Bell System with anything other than mild contempt? No? Well, that's the sort of thing a "financial settlement" will lead us to.