[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by praka123

FOSS cannot go in sync with software patent model where every single simple ideas are patented by monopolies like micro$oft,apple,intel etc.

Now I do agree that patenting silly things is wrong, such as spring loaded folders in Mac OS X however there magsafe connector is worth patenting but this doesn't means these big componies who do lots of research & developement, marketing etc etc should not protect theer intealctual property.

it is NOT some "right" of the developer that patents give,instead a weapon to monopolists to suppress FOSS projects and developers,small companies etc.

iTunes was made by a small company & then bought by Apple to create a media player & online music market which is top in the world today. This is just an example where a real & good innovation of a small company was treated fairly by a big company like Apple. So when you say companies do it to surprass innovation u r just spreading FUD. 90% of innovation comes from 3rd party developers only.

the "right" to sue/fine ur competitor and competitor sue u again for some other so called software patents.M$ in essence is a victim of this.

U break a patent law, u face consequence. Simple.

I think it is greedy to assume patents for software when copyright/EULA give protection to their works.

EULA tells a user how he is supposed to use the softwarem but patent prevents a user/developer to use the same idea to create there seperate application & make money. They are 2 different things.

it is impossible to develop a free open source software(FOSS) without fearing any patent calls from monopolistic companies.

Why do u call them monopolistic company & why not some company which innovated a software. For example, Microsoft innovated Windows Media Center but they did not patent the idea & now we have many free media center applications in the market. On the other hand, Apple innovated Expose & still they did not patent it & today we have same thing in Windows via Switcher.

we can aruge YES and NO incessantly; but the fact that the very idea of software patent itself is in dispute is a happy thing.

Shoot someone who has innovated a product just to find that everyone is making there own product based on it...& then say Patent sux.

many FOSS developers and small companies innovates something later to know that there is a patent killing all this invention

many FOSS developers and small companies innovates just to find out that it has already been invented & innovated.