Re: Bruce Perens talks to BBC
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 04:41:33PM -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> We may be facing a future where evidence of thinking thoughts that
> have been patented by others will be a crime. Can you imaging what the
> world would be if Pythagoras (or some group) had patented his theorem?
> If these forces that want to convert the thought world into a bazaar
> succeed, we may be facing a world darker than the worst nightmare.
I highly recommend reading "Melancholy Elephants":
http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200011/0671319744___1.htm
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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