How uses, not innovations, drive human technology.
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| We tend to think of technology in futuristic terms, barely noticing many
| older technologies so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible.
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http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2007/05/14/070514crbo_books_shapin?currentPage=all
What Does Not Kill a Patent Makes it Stronger
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| There is scrutiny of patent claims, comparison of those claims to
| existing knowledge and prior art, and a purported desire to improve
| the quality of technological patents. However, if the FOSS movement
| does not like the Peer-to-Patent Project, but supports the patent
| busting efforts of relatively anti-patent FOSS affiliated parties,
| one must question whether those parties really want to improve the
| patent system or simply take it apart.
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http://weblog.ipcentral.info/archives/2007/06/what_does_not_k.html
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