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They're not slowing down progress AT ALL - their patent is remarkably easy to understand, their reference implementation is available, and if you wanted to reim
by freeone3000 8y ago
They're not slowing down progress AT ALL - their patent is remarkably easy to understand, their reference implementation is available, and if you wanted to reimplement it, they will send you a complete spec by email! They are using patents for their intended purpose - they're making money by licensing the method of doing something they figured out how to do better than anybody else.
- shmerl 8y agoIf you don't know how software patents are slowing down progress, there are a lot of materials that explain it in detail. Some might be proponents of that approach (for the sake of profiteering), but claiming that it's helping progress is hypocrisy.