Business Quote of the Week

Patents and copyrights were conceived as individual rights, not corporate goods. And open source proves that inventions can be even grander than before if rights to the work are held in common.To some people this still sounds like revolution, like a peasant’s revolt. It’s not. It’s just a new market reality, one which has no use for Kings.

Dana Blakenhorn on ZDNet.

The difference between revolution and evolution is a matter of perspective.

Update: On second thought, perhaps this decision from the Supreme Court of Canada (2002) would be a better quote:

Excessive control by holders of copyrights and other forms of intellectual property may unduly limit the ability of the public domain to incorporate and embellish creative innovation in the long-term interests of society as a whole, or create practical obstacles to proper utilization.