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This was the podcast that took me from opposing software patents, to opposing the very concept of patents altogether: http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/67 http://5by
by lukifer 7y ago
This was the podcast that took me from opposing software patents, to opposing the very concept of patents altogether: http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/67 http://5by5.tv/hypercritical/67
See also: "The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying."
- John Carmack
- pnw_hazor 7y agoJC would just have to find a different/better way to solve the problem. Just like someone designing disc brakes or mouse traps.