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   In article <1991Aug13.183216.19588@agate.berkeley.edu> jbuck@forney.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck) writes:
   >
   >I think that inventors should be rewarded, but granting them a state-enforced
   >monopoly for a couple of decades is a bit much.

According to the LPF literature, wasn't the patent system created to
foster the sharing of information.  The intent was to publish and
share ideas for others to build on by providing a finite monopoly on
the use of the invention or process.

You are not so much rewarding the inventor for inventing as rewarding
for sharing the invention.  It was implied that people will invent
anyway for their own reasons and keep it secret if they want to
exploit it.


jv


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