> If you spend the time and money to patent your software, you won't be changing it any time soon, even if you eventually discover that there is a better way to

> If you spend the time and money to patent your software, you won't be changing it any time soon, even if you eventually discover that there is a better way to design your product. How does that follow? It certainly isn't true with physical device patents, like automatic transmission mechanisms, so why would software be any different?