"The simple question 'what's wrong with software patents?' stirs up controversy and divides the IT industry into two camps like no other. Every group has their own ideology about software patents. Those who don't like them claim that they are anti-competitive, that they are tools used by industry giants to crush free and open software, that they are bad for innovation, that they are monopolies. Those who like them claim that they are simply units of intellectual property, to be traded like any other commodity."
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Member since:2005-07-26
>I bought a copy
Yes.
> and am entitled a copy of the blueprint
No. Do you live here on earth?
My understanding is that his little sub-topic was covering Linux (which you mis-typed as "Lunix"). And, indeed, the GPL does give him that right.
However, that does not apply to many other software licenses. I assume your post was referring back to those (to the exlcusion of the "Lunix" you brought up).
Your post was modded down, yet violated no rules. I up-modded it one.
Member since:2005-07-06
"No. Do you live here on earth? "
The answer was Yes :
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&cc=ca&dlc...
Sorry to burst your delussionnal dictatorial based on traitor and censured McCarthy Babbling.
Yes , I do , you dont ? Must be why you have such problem with reality.
By Law , for repair and maintenance purpose , I am entitled to the blueprint and specification of everything I bought.
Member since:2006-09-26
There is probably a bit of a misunderstanding here, for I know of no such law, though I'm not about to claim to be a lawyer. But I am a draftsman.
I doubt you'll ever come close to getting blueprints for 99% of what you own, regardless of whether it's for legitimate purposes or not. Lists of replacement parts, sure. Schematics? They're out there for most electronics, albeit expensive. Specifications? yea. but...
Manufacturer's aren't going to give you the blueprints though, even to trivial things: I assure you, you'll not be able to get the assembly drawings ('blueprints') of say a transformer enclosure from GE, even as it's just a box with fins you could figure out with a measuring tape in 10 minutes.
Member since:
2006-05-09
I bought a copy
Yes.
and am entitled a copy of the blueprint
No. Do you live here on earth?
Thats why the patent is screwy among other things.
That has nothing to do with the patent system.
Edited 2006-10-31 21:53