[ros-general] Microsoft wants royalties for use of FAT

[Rick Parrish]

Steven Edwards wrote:

>Patent law is not a bad thing. If I develop something at my own cost/time and it is adopted by everyone on the planet and becomes "industry standard" I am still due my fair share until the patent runs out.
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Patent law is not a bad thing but software patents and patents modeling 
social/economic behavior (ie. "business models") are insane.

That's just my not-so-humble opinion.

-rick