Re: [Patents] pooling patents, version 2

[riel@nl.linux.org]

On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Simo Sorce wrote:

> "Intellectual Paternity"
>
> many disagreed on the term, as it fail to tell you about the possibility
> to trade, but that's on purpose, ideas can have a father not an owner as
> they are immaterial.

Your wording inspired me to a slight variation:

"Intellectual Patrimony"

This term describes:
1) the work was created by somebody, somebody who deserves
   credit for having invented/created the work
2) the ownership of the work really belongs to all of humankind

This catches both sides of the copyright deal and the patent
deal, where an author/inventor is compensated for making the
work/invention available to all of mankind

cheers,

Rik
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