Fighting patents
by
antonh
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last modified
07-Sep-06 11:48 AM
Richard Stallman has an "article on Newsforge":http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/09/1612239 about fighting software patents, and how really what is needed is reform of the patent system. "James Boyle":http://james-boyle.com/ has a great description of a workable system which is much more compatible with sharing, which he outlines in "this article":http://eprints.law.duke.edu/archive/00000456/ .
Basically it's a variation on compulsory licensing - sort of a 'use
first, pay later' approach, which rewards innovators by giving them a
share in profits from downstream research that builds on their
inventions.
I've also used his 'Second Enclosure Movement' article in about 5 assignments so far. It's great reading.
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