Patents
What is your age group?
| 55% (10) | Under 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| 22% (4) | 18 to 40 | |
| 22% (4) | 41 and above |
18 voters have answered this question.
What is your education level?
| 55% (10) | Undergraduate | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% (7) | Post graduate | |
| 5% (1) | Other |
18 voters have answered this question.
What is your nationality?
| 50% (9) | Arab | |
|---|---|---|
| 0% (0) | African | |
| 16% (3) | American | |
| 5% (1) | Asian | |
| 27% (5) | European |
18 voters have answered this question.
What is your profession?
| 66% (12) | Information Technology | |
|---|---|---|
| 5% (1) | Engineering | |
| 5% (1) | Business | |
| 22% (4) | Other |
18 voters have answered this question.
Have you ever invented something new in your field?
| 33% (6) | Yes | |
|---|---|---|
| 66% (12) | No |
18 voters have answered this question.
If you answered yes to the previous question, do you consider your invention valuable to the world?
| 44% (4) | Yes | |
|---|---|---|
| 33% (3) | No | |
| 22% (2) | To some extent |
9 voters have answered this question.
If some institution offered you a huge sum of money in return for buying your invention and patenting it, would you agree?
| 11% (2) | Yes | |
|---|---|---|
| 11% (2) | No | |
| 77% (14) | It depends |
18 voters have answered this question.
If you were a Software Engineer, and you had the skills to improve an existing program that is patented. Would you bother paying money to the patent holder in order to improve their program?
| 21% (5) | Yes | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% (11) | No | |
| 30% (7) | It depends |
23 voters have answered this question.
If you were to write a new computer program, would you patent it? Or would you just copyright or copyleft it?
| 13% (3) | I would patent the program | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% (13) | I would copyright the program | |
| 30% (7) | It depends |
23 voters have answered this question.
Do you believe that patents are necessary? Or do you think that copyrights are sufficient?
| 9% (2) | Patents are necessary, I want to keep certain people away from using my idea. | |
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| 81% (18) | Copyrights are enough. | |
| 9% (2) | I don't care about either. |
22 voters have answered this question.
Do you use Free and Open Source Software?
| 50% (9) | Yes | |
|---|---|---|
| 22% (4) | No | |
| 27% (5) | Not always |
18 voters have answered this question.
If you answered yes to the previous question, then why do you use FOSS?
| 55% (10) | Because it's Free of charge | |
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| 44% (8) | Because I love the freedom it brings with it |
18 voters have answered this question.
If you answered no, then what Operating system do you use?
| 83% (15) | Windows | |
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| 16% (3) | Mac OS X |
18 voters have answered this question.
Do you love Apple?
| 50% (9) | Yes | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% (9) | No |
18 voters have answered this question.
Do you mind paying all that money to apple for an iPad, while you can get a better and cheaper table from another company?
| 33% (6) | I love apple and I don't care about the money | |
|---|---|---|
| 66% (12) | No I'd consider looking for alternatives |
18 voters have answered this question.
This poll was created on 2010-04-18 12:57:06
by Amr Hesham
