Re: Patents (was Re: Copyrights)

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From: Russ Nelson
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 1990 03:34

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In article <66707@sgi.sgi.com> karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh) writes:

   4) Had the original inventor of the FFT obtained a patent, then his
       invention would not have languished in obscurity for so long.

You ascribe magical powers to patents in this sentence.  I don't see any
cause and effect between holding a patent and gaining fame.

--
--russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu])  Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667
We won the cold war.  The Russians spent trillions defending their stuff,
then they found that they didn't have any stuff.  Will we avoid the same trap?

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From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson)
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