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Just as a thought experiment if every piece of software had a similar clause in their license it would mark the end of software patents. Isn't this what we actu

Just as a thought experiment if every piece of software had a similar clause in their license it would mark the end of software patents. Isn't this what we actually want more of? Isn't _that_ actually the moral high ground?

JoshMnem 9y ago
If that were Facebook's goal, why wouldn't they just team up with a few other large companies and lobby for abolishing software patents in the US?
- sanxiyn 9y ago
  I actually think this is Facebook's goal. As for your question, I think they aren't trying to abolish software patents in the US because they judge (IMO correctly) that it is unlikely to succeed.
  - JoshMnem 9y ago
    That seems highly unlikely, considering the way Facebook operates.