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Software patents are terrible.

• fnid2 17y ago
  This attitude is really self-defeating. Even pg has software patents. It'd probably be in your self-interest to start thinking about why patents aren't terrible.
  • nazgulnarsil 17y ago
    thinking a system sucks doesn't preclude taking opportunities that system presents you.
  • starkfist 17y ago
    Agreed. They certainly aren't terrible if you own the patent. Great companies like Intellectual Ventures simply could not exist without them. Software patents open up a lot of innovative business models without the need to spend all the boring time and effort building stuff.
    • derwiki 17y ago
      To be fair, Loopt does seem to be one of the pioneers in location sharing. And they have built a product. IV, on the other hand..
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