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Article #73613Re: Ben Franklin on patents
From: Conway Yee
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1991 19:06
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1991 19:06
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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. 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. -- Conway Yee, N2JWQ yee@ming.mipg.upenn.edu (preferred) 231 S. Melville St. cy5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (forwarded to above) Philadelphia, Pa 19139 yee@bnlx26.nsls.bnl.gov (rarely checked) (215) 386-1312
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9434f7b17f215464 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-08-13 20:09:06 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!mipgsun!yee From: yee@mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu (Conway Yee) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Ben Franklin on patents Keywords: Franklin patent invention shareware stove Pennsylvania ironmongery Message-ID: <48185@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 13 Aug 91 19:06:38 GMT References: <562@ubbpc.Unisys.com> <65707@bbn.BBN.COM> <1991Aug13.183216.19588@agate.berkeley.edu> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: mipgsun.mipg.upenn.edu