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Software patents are much worse for something fast evolving like video game mechanics were over the past 30 years or so. Imagine, for example, if id software h
by ThrowawayR2 2y ago
Software patents are much worse for something fast evolving like video game mechanics were over the past 30 years or so. Imagine, for example, if id software had patented the first person shooter mechanics from Doom. It would have 20 years after that (2013) before anyone could offer a similar FPS and id would have been able to tack on incremental patents to extend their lock on the FPS market for decades longer.
- ikekkdcjkfke 2y agoOr if BB King patented the blues scale
- komali2 2y agoWhich might be why John Carmack threatened to quit if id ever tried to patent software.
- failuser 2y agoMonolith patented their nemesis system, so it went nowhere. The thought that we were one personal stance away from the whole FPS genre not existing is pretty chilling.