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.
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>
> 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
