That serves to impede progress in science, and should be discouraged. The Restrictions Imposed by Freedom. Time being a consideration, I'm not going to wait until the legal department has had a chance to investigate the implications of ten different types of licenses. So, we find a commercial implementation, build it ourselves, or use another technology that doesn't burden us with these issues. If you are not willing to undertake any amount of a certain kind of risk, then a shrewd competitor may expoit this to beat you.
Simple answers are always illusory.
Symbol has been making phones like these for a while, so it's not really new, but the concept is still cool. Today on airplanes I read Roger Zelazny's Nine Princes in Amber . Last night I installed OS X for Scott and he was hooked instantly. Validate this page .