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I'm just fed up with the stupidity of the status quo. As a number of posts have pointed out, the lawyers, Patent Office, etc. generally don't see this as a prob
by iqster 15y ago
I'm just fed up with the stupidity of the status quo. As a number of posts have pointed out, the lawyers, Patent Office, etc. generally don't see this as a problem. People like us who actually want to create new things ... we're the ones who are the losers.
This is another instance where it would have been beneficial if all software professionals belonged to a Guild or union. If we were organized, at least there is some sliver of a chance that we'd be able to have an influence on the legislative process. If that fails, we would just not work to create software patents.
- jerf 15y agoWithin ten years of such a guild's creation, it would be in support of patent law and probably lobbying for it to be strengthened. By creating such a guild, you create guild leadership, and leadership of guilds(/unions) tend to prefer stability and larger organizations over a rich array of smaller companies that make it much harder to exert control.
- iqster 15y agoHeh ... I'm just reading Hackers and Painters ... I think it said some of the greatest programmers subscribe to Libertarianism, and gives good reasons why. Touche!