tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562198982447451643.post2774244007285827893..comments2012-11-03T10:25:36.940-07:00Comments on Polymorphic Ninja: Oracle, Google and copyrighting APIsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562198982447451643.post-25396325348891941082012-11-03T10:25:36.940-07:002012-11-03T10:25:36.940-07:00Yeah.. I forgot about Monsanto. They are WAY wors...Yeah.. I forgot about Monsanto. They are WAY worse than anything we've seen in software development.<br /><br />At least if I'm writing an API, to a degree I have control over how much I'm willingly violating some sort of patent. I can even re-do it after the damage is done to not violate the patent. It's not like wind, bees and animals and other things out of my control are pollinating my code with patent encumbered elements and leaving me open to patent trolls. (Though I suppose non-controlled open source projects could end up in a similar predicament.) :) MutantNinjaCodeMonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00025980060423083745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562198982447451643.post-26717333225302682292012-11-03T10:18:15.515-07:002012-11-03T10:18:15.515-07:00Correct. And that is (was) the biggest issue with ...Correct. And that is (was) the biggest issue with Oracle's case. They were trying to claim ownership to some very abstract concepts that would to a large degree put nearly everyone in a position of violation. And with that precedent in place, what would stop Microsoft from doing the same kind of thing? Or Apple? Or Google? <br /><br />Slowly development would get walled up to the point where you wouldn't be able to publish any kind of API without running it through some sort of legal entity to protect yourself. MutantNinjaCodeMonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00025980060423083745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562198982447451643.post-1980522474122525942012-11-03T10:03:48.154-07:002012-11-03T10:03:48.154-07:00Sadly, someone does own the rights to tomatoes and...Sadly, someone does own the rights to tomatoes and they are called Monsanto.DBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562198982447451643.post-50823468207561123052012-04-29T21:48:04.504-07:002012-04-29T21:48:04.504-07:00Copyrighting is the process of protecting ones int...<a href="http://www.whatisall.com/technology/what-is-copyrighting.html" rel="nofollow">Copyrighting </a>is the process of protecting ones intellectual published or unpublished work.Initially only books were copyrighted but now music, paintings, literature, drama, story also included. If an artist copyrights his work, it gives only him the right to use the work, and others, only if he sells the copyright.Meghuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959538697939925170noreply@blogger.com