I think the arguments he makes are sound. I think there is value in having patents (remember, before patents was trade secrets and guilds hoarding knowledge), b

I think the arguments he makes are sound. I think there is value in having patents (remember, before patents was trade secrets and guilds hoarding knowledge), but there are serious costs to having bad patents. I also agree with him that, in today's world, trying to distinguish between software and non-software patents is impossible and pointless. We will either have software parents or no patents, and the latter isn't likely, so let's figure out how to make the former work.