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Can you name any examples of "non-obvious" software "inventions" that require patent protection?

• hackinthebochs 9y ago
  RSA is the usual example. Do you disagree with it?
  • bogositosius 9y ago
    Yes, I disagree. Why does/did RSA require a patent?
    • hackinthebochs 9y ago
      Require is the wrong word. The question is were we better off with or without them having a patent. Not keeping RSA a trade secret seems like a win for society.
      • bogositosius 9y ago
        That presupposes a lot. Who says it would have been kept a "trade secret"? And, supposing it would have been, who's to say someone else wouldn't have come along with an alternative open solution?