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Of course it does, everything infringes patents. You can't write Hello World without infringing a hundred patents. This insanity has to end. The patent system
by luriel 14y ago
Of course it does, everything infringes patents. You can't write Hello World without infringing a hundred patents.
This insanity has to end. The patent system was an experiment, it has failed, there is now plenty of evidence that having the government go around granting monopolies to private corporations hinders innovation and competition[1], it is time to abolish it.
[1]: There is evidence not just for software, but from many other industries: http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/against.htm http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/against.h...
- davidw 14y agoFrom my way of looking at it, industries differ a lot in how patents affect them. The ideal solution would not be to toss things out, lock, stock and barrel, but to craft a more fine-grained system. I agree that software patents stink, though.