[Asterisk-Dev] writing a GPL G.729?

[Steve Kann]

Race Vanderdecken wrote:

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>"That's looking at another extreme altogether. The present copyright and
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>patent systems, as they exist today, don't encourage innovation, as much
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>as they discourage it. They certainly make it nearly impossible for the 
>little guy."
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>So then, you are saying that if a "little guy" does manage to produce a
>new and better algorithm it is then fair for the "big guys" to ignore
>the patent laws and exploit the "little guy's" work, as it is fair for
>the "little guy" to exploit the work of the "big guy."
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How did you arrive at that interpretation of my statement?!? It's not 
fair that the patent system lets you patent "the combover", "swinging 
sideways on a swing", or "one click shopping". It's impossible for the 
little guy, because there's almost 7 million patents, and it's nearly 
impossible to do anything these days without violating one of them.

Mostly, I'm saying that you should not support patented work, and 
instead should support patent-free alternatives.


>At what point do the courts decide you are a big or little guy? What
>about the regular and husky size guys?
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Heh that's pretty clear. Try going to court against the big guys, and 
you'll find out.


>Race
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