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- From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
- To: Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>
- Cc: wynkoop@wynn.com, seth.johnson@realmeasures.dyndns.org, C-FIT_Community@realmeasures.dyndns.org, C-FIT_Release_Community@realmeasures.dyndns.org, fairuse-discuss@nyfairuse.org, DMCA_Discuss@lists.microshaft.org, DMCA-Activists@gnu.org, patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Washington Times: Internet Patents Divide Industry
- Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:45:43 -0400
> This is a problem we don't need to solve.
I can't see many people outside the free software community who see this
as a problem.
It is true that most people don't understand how this phrase is being
used to manage their thinking.
Patents and copyright serve (or are supposed to serve) a common function
of preventing cheap imitation and encouraging originality in the interest
of society.
Looking for similarities is a mistake, because the differences are
much more important. That's why the term "intellectual property"
is so deeply harmful: it directs attention towards the similarities
and away from the specifics.
- Re: [Patents] Washington Times: Internet Patents Divide Industry, (continued)
Re: [Patents] Washington Times: Internet Patents Divide Industry,
Hartmut Pilch
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