<OS, FS, ShS, PS debate>
HLS, July 3, 2002
free, open, shared, proprietary
how’s a girl to choose?
Proprietary
machine
Open or Free
machine plans+
Proprietary
binary
Open or Free
binary source+
Open or Free
machine plans+
Open or Free
machine plans+
with proprietary, society gets the chicken;
with open/free, society gets the chicken and the
recipe
freeopen
sharedproprietary
freeopen
sharedproprietary
restrictions
open free
sharedproprietary
restrictions
public domainopen free
sharedproprietary
restrictions
public domainopen free
sharedproprietary
restrictions
© protected
what are the restrictions?
public domain:none
public domain:code + no restrictions
proprietary:no code + tons
open:code + slight
open:code + slight
shared:code + lots
shared:code + lots
copyleft:“share and share alike”
copyleft:give on the same terms
that you took
1. Zero price2. Good code
1. Zero price2. Good code
3. Teaching others
1. Zero price2. Good code
3. Teaching others4. Strategic behavior
1. Zero price2. Good code
3. Teaching others4. Strategic behavior
5. Destroy IP
open free shared prop
“free” y
good
teach
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y
good
teach
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m
good
teach
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good
teach
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y
teach
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y
teach
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y
teach
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all some
strat-egy
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all some none
strat-egy
destroy
“strategic behavior”
depends on control
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all some none
strat-egyunlike
ly
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all some none
strat-egyunlike
lynever
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all some none
strat-egyunlike
lynever y, hard
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all some none
strat-egyunlike
lynever y, hard y
destroy
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all some none
strat-egyunlike
lynever y, hard y
destroy n
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all some none
strat-egyunlike
lynever y, hard y
destroy n n
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all some none
strat-egyunlike
lynever y, hard y
destroy n ? n
open free shared prop
“free” y y m y
good y y y y
teach all all some none
strat-egyunlike
lynever y, hard y
destroy n ? ? n
Gov’t: (1) transparency
Gov’t: e.g.: Carnivore
Gov’t: (2) externality
Should we choose?
ecological threats:
If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of
today’s ideas were invented and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete
stand-still today.
The solution . . . is patent exchanges . . . and patenting as
much as we can. . . . A future start-up with no patents of its
own will be forced to pay whatever price the giants
choose to impose. That price might be high: Established
companies have an interest in excluding future competitors.
The solution . . . is patent exchanges . . . and patenting as
much as we can. . . . A future start-up with no patents of its
own will be forced to pay whatever price the giants
choose to impose. That price might be high: Established
companies have an interest in excluding future competitors.
Established companies have an interest in excluding future
competitors.