Re: [Patents] pooling patents, version 2

[riel@nl.linux.org]

On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Simo Sorce wrote:

> On other list I called the term "Intellectual Property" a social
> engineering hack.

So can I count on you to help find and promote a replacement
expansion of the IP acronym ?

For now I've decided on Intellectual Patrimony because:

1) the work was created by somebody, who then published the work for
   all of mankind to see; the creator of the work should get some
   compensation for that, to encourage the publishing of the work

2) ultimately the work belongs to all of mankind

3) in the future the work can be used as an inspiration or a basis for new
   works, just like the work itself is based on or inspired by the works
   of thousands of years of human culture


patrimony, n:   An inheritance or legacy; heritage.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=patrimony)

kind regards,

Rik
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