The problem is once enough geeks accept that software patents can only hurt them, then the days of software patents are numbered. Instead, geeks tend to fall i

The problem is once enough geeks accept that software patents can only hurt them, then the days of software patents are numbered. Instead, geeks tend to fall into the Ayn Rand/Joe The Plumber school of thought and will defend the most asinine patent in the world. This benefits the capital owning class as the peons are doing all their propaganda work for them.