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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley
This is a tremendous over-reaction.
Do you have any information that points to FIRST trying to enforce these patents against other organizations? Because I haven't seen any.
By coming on here and saying something like you lost all respect for FIRST and Dean for filing for a patent is irresponsible. Make a decision based off of the facts...not what you think may happen, and if you can't do that, at least wait for more facts to come out before you make judgement.
-Brando
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First let me start off by saying, I'm not to Dean Kamen as half of America is to Kobe Bryant or Lebron James. So now that that part is clear I can say it may be a slight overreaction but not too far fetched from my experiences.
As for I having seen FIRST cripple other organizations? I have worked with a few small organizations and robotics competitions in which FIRST has not been the "gracious professional" that everyone by default assumes, but that is not something FIRST will admit to and something the people behind these other small organizations will not speak of.
I do not care how it is worded I know from experience that people will dig through your rules and regulations and call a lawyer to find the smallest mistake or loophole. For either side. And with the way people in power usually behave, whatever their intentions may be, I don't believe that everyone can be a winner. There's too much at stake for FIRST. Whether it is tomorrow, ten years from now, or twenty-five years from now, I'll still be watching out.
From what I have seen and what I have been involved I still stand by my statement.
Pavan Davé