Be careful : There is no DELETE key on the Internet...
Submitted by esavard on Sun, 05/09/2010 - 12:03.
Some years ago, I posted a question for the DroppingKnowledge initative. To my surprise, it was one of the 100 questions selected over the 11,200 questions submitted.
My question (#83) was:
Why don't we dump all patent laws all around the world and stop restraining creativity and innovation?
In fact, I'm not against patents when they are used to protect inventor's work. But I'm against software patents and I will always be. I think that patenting software is as stupid as to try to patent the PI constant.
Helas, when I wrote my question on Dropping Knowledge I omitted the word "software" in my question... So, what I really meant was:
Why don't we dump all SOFTWARE patent laws all around the world and stop restraining creativity and innovation?
Too late. It was read as-is and sounded a lot more contraversial than I wished.
To conclude, let me give you an advice: Double (if not triple) check everything you wrote on someone's else website before clicking the "send" button because there is no "delete key" on the Internet...
Some responses to my [ambiguous] question
- VeryEasyCreativity.com responses [link]
- Michael E. Tigar answer [link]
- Bill Joy answer [link]
- Responses to the Table of Free voices event (see #86) [link]
- Yahoo! Answers UK responses [link]