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Sometimes it's possible to enjoy life.
The Stallman section was teasing, but the wish was sincere.

The developer in India who will be paid for his work can share the joy. So long as his labor isn't confiscated and handed free to the world, he can look forward to a career in which his efforts are productive and help his family more than anyone had thought possible even a few years ago.

Elsewhere, the loss of that work has to be replaced by projects at least as profitable as those lost. IP, protecting ownership, is essential, but the developed world is betting on creating new products people want to buy.
Let's hope we succeed.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 12/25/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Would have been nice to have some of these provisions before SCO  DonnieBoy | 12/23/04
IMHO Patents Are the Forthcoming Battlefield...  BanjoPaterson | 12/23/04
Patents will lose...  Omch'Ar | 12/23/04
not in the EU they're not  hipparchus2000 | 12/24/04
Europe has issued scores of software patents...  Anton Philidor | 12/24/04
Once again Anton you totally miss the point  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Think of it as a negotiation.  Anton Philidor | 12/25/04
because contrary to your belief it holds back innovation  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Patents don't hold back innovation...  Anton Philidor | 12/25/04
royalties are not supposed to be a form of income  CobraA1 | 12/25/04
what about addressing the points I raised, anton  hipparchus2000 | 12/26/04
Patents are valuable...  Anton Philidor | 12/26/04
Patents need not stop work on a project...  Anton Philidor | 12/26/04
Short lesson in economics  CobraA1 | 12/27/04
anton in part you are right  hipparchus2000 | 12/28/04
Adam Smith influenced Darwin...  Anton Philidor | 12/28/04
How can I dispute being "right"? In the other part...  Anton Philidor | 12/28/04
cryptographically signed STUPIDITY  hipparchus2000 | 12/24/04
'Tis the season...  Anton Philidor | 12/24/04
disgusting  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Sometimes it's possible to enjoy life.  Anton Philidor | 12/25/04
I beg to differ. I think patents do the opposite of causing innovation  hipparchus2000 | 12/25/04
Killer quote  seosamh_z | 12/27/04
euphemism for a future threat  hipparchus2000 | 12/28/04
What if?  Mack DaNife | 12/28/04
Quetzalcoatl's revenge  Anton Philidor | 12/28/04
digression  hipparchus2000 | 12/28/04
Smug states  Anton Philidor | 12/29/04
About time  CobraA1 | 12/25/04
Trusted computing Is The Enemy  RobertoSalazar | 12/27/04
I suspect...  rapson | 12/27/04
Fear....  Mack DaNife | 12/28/04
Amen! but your forget the Sheeple.  Laff | 12/30/04
The joy of standards.  Anton Philidor | 12/30/04

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