| From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
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| To: | Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Nico Williams <nico(at)cryptonector(dot)com>, Benjamin Scherrey <scherrey(at)proteus-tech(dot)com>, Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: How can we submit code patches that implement our (pending) patents? |
| Date: | 2018-07-25 15:51:37 |
| Message-ID: | 20180725155137.xiktdutggtoh5sph@alap3.anarazel.de |
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On 2018-07-25 11:45:58 -0400, Chapman Flack wrote:
> On 07/25/2018 11:25 AM, Nico Williams wrote:
>
> > I don't understand why it's not obvious that one can unknowingly and
> > accidentally re-invent someone else's idea.
>
> It's perfectly obvious. It's the chief reason the whole topic
> of software patents has been deeply controversial for so long.
>
> You seem to be using it as part of a proof by contradiction:
>
>
> One can unknowingly and accidentally reinvent
> a patented idea.
>
> If that were not tidily excused in practice,
> software patents would be deeply problematic.
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Therefore, it must be the case that unknowing and
> accidental reinvention is tidily excused in practice.
This seems like a discussion more suited to be over a beer, or some
other medium, not the PG lists.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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