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Not sure why, other than to evoke some kind of emotional reaction, why it matters that "at least two of these businesses are non-profits that assist development
by larrys 13y ago
Not sure why, other than to evoke some kind of emotional reaction, why it matters that "at least two of these businesses are non-profits that assist developmentally disabled Vermonters".
- dublinben 13y agoAFAIK, patents are supposed to prevent unlicensed commercial activity. Non-profits don't (generally) engage in commercial activity.
- larrys 13y agoNot the case apparently: http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2008/01/lancor-sues-non-profit-charity-olpc-for-20-million/ http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2008/01/lancor-sues-non...
- scott_s 13y agoThe linked text is a press release, not the actual suit. So, I'm not surprised that the Attorney General would make an emotional appeal in a press release.
- jakejake 13y agoIf you ever have to go to court, you'll see pretty quickly that emotional appeal is very powerful. Even though its not technically supposed to work that way - in reality it works because humans are emotional creatures - not robots.