Subject: Re: free software as a delivery vehicle for lisp From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 12:34:51 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3226998907585314@naggum.net> * Thomas Bushnell, BSG | Since the patent system is a *bargain* that the body politic strikes, "we | give you a monopoly, if you give us the details of how it works", it's | reasonable for both sides to bargain for the best deal they can in that | bargain. The public gets the product at all. /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief. Post with compassion: http://home.chello.no/~xyzzy/kitten.jpg