Re: EuroParl-ordered study to be presented in Paris

[Andrey Khavryuchenko <akhavr@kds.com.ua>]

Gregory,

"GA" == Gregory Aharonian wrote:

 >> Copyright does not apply to ideas, but that doesn't mean it cannot serve
 >> to help people capture financial returns from their ideas.

 GA> Lousy advice to anyone trying to exploit their software ideas.  People 
 GA> will look at your ideas in whatever you copyright, change the expression
 GA> of the software (variable names, indenting schemes, order of modules -
 GA> all easily reengineered) and use your ideas without having to pay you
 GA> any money.  Publish your software ideas without patent protection, and
 GA> all you do is help make more consulting money for big companies like IBM.
 GA> You will end up capturing nothing, except a pat on the head from IBM.
 GA> But if you want to be so volunteer for such large companies, I applaud
 GA> your altruism.  

This sounds far too theoretical for me.  Aren't you aware of free and open
source software?  What makes it impossible for large company to take such
product and, as you say, "change the expression" and sell?  Why there were
no such cases?

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Andrey V Khavryuchenko          http://www.kds.com.ua/
Offshore Software Development