every line of code written brings with it a ~potential~ violation of someone else's intellectual property It's astonishingly bad, but not quite that bad yet.

every line of code written brings with it a ~potential~ violation of someone else's intellectual property It's astonishingly bad, but not quite that bad yet. direct the Patent office to cease issuing ~software~ patents. I'd prefer they eliminate all patents, but let's stick to one goal here. We, also, ask the Are those commas necessary? request that Congress pursue legislation to void all previously issued software patents Congress, at best, is only going to let lobbyists tweak the rules some more to favor the big guys. Do you really want that? How about asking USPTO to apply this standard when reviewing previously issued patents as well? We these two steps, typo? those of us in the software industry can stop worrying about mutually assured patent destruction and get back to doing what we do best. what we do best.: creating and keeping high-tech jobs! Hmm, too panderous perhaps?