We have more coming soon because wallclimber works on something. ⬆
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Roy Bixler
2009-11-30 19:38:24
I thought that things that occur in nature were excluded from patentability. That is, for something to be patentable, you can't merely discover it -- it has to be an invention. Genes are not inventions. Even if I am wrong on this, wouldn't prior art prevent anyone from patenting some already occurring thing in nature such as a pig?
Roy Schestowitz
2009-11-30 20:43:52
I think that Monsanto and others perceive the patent system differently. They just view it as a source of power that grants them money for doing some activity (like messing about with DNA).
Needless to say, this was never the purpose (raison d'être) of the patent system.
williami
2009-11-29 23:03:55
Oh, great. Now they (Gates/Monstaro) are patenting milk, seeds, even pigs now. And you thought software patents were horrible.
After seeing this, I realize the patent system has gone out of hand. It really should be fixed badly. And also, software and food patents must be gone.
Alyssa Rosenzweig is the graphics witch behind the reverse-engineered drivers for the Apple GPU. She previously led Panfrost, the free drivers for Arm Mali GPUs powering devices like the Pinebook Pro. She graduated in 2023 with a Computer Science degree from the University of Toronto and now writes free software full-time.
Now we have a project started primarily by Red Hat (and managed by Microsoft GitHub, which is proprietary) being managed by Microsoft and primarily serving Microsoft and IBM
Comments
Roy Bixler
2009-11-30 19:38:24
Roy Schestowitz
2009-11-30 20:43:52
Needless to say, this was never the purpose (raison d'être) of the patent system.
williami
2009-11-29 23:03:55
After seeing this, I realize the patent system has gone out of hand. It really should be fixed badly. And also, software and food patents must be gone.