[ale] Gates: Microsoft IP Finds Its Way Into Free Software

[Jason Day]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 08:34:46AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> You are not guilty of stealing IP if you create a different solution 
> that mimics the behavior of another companie's product.  As I noted 
> earlier, if doing so is stealing IP, we'd all be driving fords.

This is true for copyright, but not patents.

Personally, I think that is wrong.  You shouldn't be allowed to patent
business methods or algorithms; or at the very least, the patents should
expire much *much* faster due to "internet time".
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Jason Day                                       jasonday at
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