It's my own blog. I spent two years fighting software parents in Europe as president of the largest NGO involved (FFII), and it was pretty clear that we were fi

It's my own blog. I spent two years fighting software parents in Europe as president of the largest NGO involved (FFII), and it was pretty clear that we were fighting a well organised and funded lobbying machine. After some years of analysis my conclusion was that software was not in fact a special case, and that all patents were a problem. Sorry to not have made it clear that I was linking to my own work.