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I'm somewhat surprised that the vast majority of people here are against all software patents. I agree that many software patents are absurd, but I think of thi
by notJim 15y ago
I'm somewhat surprised that the vast majority of people here are against all software patents. I agree that many software patents are absurd, but I think of things like H.264 and MPEG where true innovation was required on the part of the people who developed it, and it seems clear to me that those people have a right to patent that work.
I'm curious though: what do people see as being the alternative?
- GregBuchholz 15y agoSince no one seems to have mentioned it yet: Against Intellectual Monopoly (http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/papers/anew.all.pdf http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/papers/anew.all.pdf)
- petegrif 15y agoI have read the piece in question. I don't understand how it answers Notjim's question. What is the alternative?