Bangkok Post/LinuxInsider: Why the Patent System Inhibits Innovation Today

“A friend of mine gave me a truly fresh view of open source the
other day when he told me that human beings are the epitome of
open-source bio-engineering.

“‘Think about it,’ he said, ‘You and I share at least 96 percent
of the exact same DNA. It’s that 4 percent which differentiates us
and differentiates a talented Dutch artist from a Thai civil
servant.’ In essence, one might say that the 96 percent base is the
open-source code which we share and the 4 percent is the extra
bit–the additions to the DNA source code–that each individual,
each ethnic race, has put in to the open-source project called
‘Humanity’ to improve upon it…”

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