I can't speak for all government agencies, but in the area of the government that I work, we have created no software patents at all. In fact nearly all the sof

I can't speak for all government agencies, but in the area of the government that I work, we have created no software patents at all. In fact nearly all the software we create is open source, and we are encouraged to use and contribute to other open source products. It's the very fact that we do not have a profit motive that allows us to do this.