Re: [Patents] nice Greg newspeak lapse

[Jean-Michel POURE <jm@poure.com>]

> Me, I want to make lots of money.  If I can ever come up with a good
> software idea, you can bet your bottles of Guinness I am going to apply
> for a software patent.

Dear Greg,

Let me speak for myself, I also wanna make money. We are not so different:

I have an Essec diploma (the equivalent a local MBA in France) and did law 
studies. I once thought being a lawyer could be fun, but when I looked at 
their daily work, I changed my mind.

With the possible arrival of software patents in Europe, I asked myself 
several times, even recently, whether I should not continue my legal studies.

One more year and I can become a lawyer! I would probably earn 100 times as 
much being a lawyer. Very temptative instead of working in a real company 
producing real software. 

You are probably aware that GNU/Linux is that largest collaboration project 
since man went on the moon.

Therefore, diging into GNU/Linux and registrating patents, I would probably 
become very rich.

In reality, we all have a personal choice. Even the German soldiers in 
concentration camps probably had a choice.

If you dig further into your mind, you may find a difference between "law" 
and 
"justice". If you studied law, you probably know this distinction. To be 
short:

- "Law" is what currently applies and is accepted by society. Sometimes, laws 
are designed by powerfull lobbies for the only interest of a small group of 
people or individuals. 

- "Justice" is a superior criteria of law, which lies in everyone of us and 
what makes us belong to Humanity.

Obviously, you are not on the side of "justice" but only trying to adapt 
"law" 
to fit your personal interest and the interest of large companies.

You should be aware that all these discussions are archieved over the 
Internet. What will your grand-grand-grand children thinkwhen they discover 
that you are working on the side of doomless, proposing us to come back to 
the 17th century where governments granted patents to industrials.

If you really believe in humanity, it is still time to cancel your lobbying 
contract with large companies and fight for freedom. 

Regards,
Jean-Michel Pouré