Re: Ben Franklin on patents

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From: Mike Haertel
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1991 17:02

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In article <48185@netnews.upenn.edu> yee@mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu (Conway Yee) writes:
>Doing away with patents is next to impossible.  One of the provisions of
>the Constitution is a requirement that Congress set up a patent and a 
>copyright system.  While the duration of the patent/copyright is not
>constitutionally determined, its existance certainly is.

This is bogus.  The Constitution doesn't say "Congress must ...",
it says "Congress shall have the power to...".

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From: mjh@alice.att.com (Mike Haertel)
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Subject: Re: Ben Franklin on patents
Keywords: Franklin patent invention shareware stove Pennsylvania ironmongery
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