[121509] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Patents, IETF and Network Operators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jorge Amodio)
Thu Jan 21 13:43:14 2010
In-Reply-To: <5A6D953473350C4B9995546AFE9939EE081F733A@RWC-EX1.corp.seven.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:42:21 -0600
From: Jorge Amodio <jmamodio@gmail.com>
To: George Bonser <gbonser@seven.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> The purpose of a patent is not to keep others from using your idea but
> exactly the opposite. =A0It gives you exclusive use of an idea but also
> makes for a mechanism where your idea is then documented and can be used
> and improved upon by others once your exclusive use expires.
Explain that to the pharma' boys
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/cgsd/documents/lehman.pdf
