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Al Lipscomb (arl@news.IntNet.net) wrote:
: The patent system needs some work. Maybe a use it or lose it type rule
: could be applied. If the company is not producing a product that uses the
: patented idea then the patent is canceled. Or if my use of the idea is
: not in direct competition with their product then all I would have to do
: is pay a small flat fee (like $10) to register to use their idea in my
: commercial product (no fee for freeware).

Hmm, have you thought about this idea? I have decided to produce a new
freeware product based on patented (or in this case copyrighted)
material. The new products are FreeMS-DOS and FreeMS-Windows.

Now, I may not be a big fan of Microsoft, but I think they should be able
to prevent there product from being stolen and given away ruining their
business. I also see no reason why Microsoft should have to license their
software to anyone for a small flat fee (like $10) to use their ideas in a
commercial product. I'm sure that Apple wouldn't mind having complete
access and rights to Windows code for $10, since they are not directly
competing with Microsoft, running on a different platform.