> excluding software from patentability was an "odd way to divide up the world." Here in Brazil software cannot be patented. We still write software, make mone

> excluding software from patentability was an "odd way to divide up the world." Here in Brazil software cannot be patented. We still write software, make money off software. In fact, in the last couple of years we're seeing a huge number of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors migrating here, because the tech startup scene has been getting really hot. The point is. Our industry doesn't need patents to exist. We do fine without it. Patents are just an artificial bandage trying to fix flaws in other industries. But these flaws doesn't exist in tech, so the artificial bandages are just getting in the way for no good reason.