>You have fallen into the classic fallacy that because something cost nothing to reproduce, it cost nothing to discover or to build for the first time.
I rather think that you are conflating discovery/creation and distribution/usage, which is the classic fallacy people like the content industries try to promote. It's completely irrelevant if the former is hard, costly and time-consuming or a piece of cake. It doesn't have any implications on the latter, which is - as you point out - costless, so it should be promoted and embraced instead of fought against (which is pointless and ultimately futile).
Also, you completely missed my point, which is that I want to build on it so others can build on my discoveries - a loop of mutual positive feedback that would accelerate technological progress by magnitudes. I don't care if some business models no longer work - the advancement of humanity is infinitely more important. Patents stand in the way of that, so we must get rid of them.
I'd like to add that this philosophy is basically the logical extension of the hands-on imperative, a fundamental part of the hacker ethics. Everything that teaches us something about the world and how it works should be free to access and use. If it isn't, make it accessible - by any means necessary.
I rather think that you are conflating discovery/creation and distribution/usage, which is the classic fallacy people like the content industries try to promote. It's completely irrelevant if the former is hard, costly and time-consuming or a piece of cake. It doesn't have any implications on the latter, which is - as you point out - costless, so it should be promoted and embraced instead of fought against (which is pointless and ultimately futile).
Also, you completely missed my point, which is that I want to build on it so others can build on my discoveries - a loop of mutual positive feedback that would accelerate technological progress by magnitudes. I don't care if some business models no longer work - the advancement of humanity is infinitely more important. Patents stand in the way of that, so we must get rid of them.
I'd like to add that this philosophy is basically the logical extension of the hands-on imperative, a fundamental part of the hacker ethics. Everything that teaches us something about the world and how it works should be free to access and use. If it isn't, make it accessible - by any means necessary.