The solution then, it appears, would be to hold software patents to the same standard. Put the code in there. Patent the source code. Forget the legal stuff.

The solution then, it appears, would be to hold software patents to the same standard. Put the code in there. Patent the source code. Forget the legal stuff. If you use unpatented closed source patents, be clear about which product it is and which version you are using. Hold corporations responsible for using version control on their software and everything falls into place. For loops are like gears. While loops are like emptying water tanks. Booleans are switches Storage containers are variables. All that stuff is represented in the source code. As a software engineer, my defense is my repository. I wrote all that code, look. I didn't take it from someone or copy someone's idea or try to infringe anything. I was trying to make the world better and people liked it so they bought it and I can feed my family. :)