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- From: Bill dehOra <Wdehora@cromwellmedia.co.uk>
- To: xml-dev <xml-dev@ic.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:29:57 -0000
: Point of order: the purpose of patent law is *not*, contrary
: to popular
: belief, to reward inventors for simply creating inventions; the
: marketplace is entirely capable of doing that. Rather, it's
: to reward
: inventors for making the details of how their inventions work public
: rather than trying to keep them secret.
Yes and this involves protection of the patent holder in the event of
infringement. I consider that protection a form of reward.
Regards,
Bill de hOra
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