Re: Patents (was Re: Copyrights)

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From: Jacob Gore
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 1990 14:08

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/ gnu.misc.discuss / karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh) / Aug  6, 1990 /
> Does anyone really believe that anybody will invest in a scheme which
> requires that you raise capital, develop a product, bring the product to
> market, but after 5 years the product can be copied freely?  It takes
> about 3 years just to develop a mass-market software product nowadays.

Copying is subject to copyright law.  Or do you mean by "copy" "create
another product that does the same thing?"

Do I believe that anybody will invest into software products that can only
be patented for 5 years?  Of course I do.  Look at all the investment that
has been going on, without any patent protection at all.

Jacob
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Jacob Gore		Jacob@Gore.Com			boulder!gore!jacob

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Subject: Re: Patents (was Re: Copyrights)
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