3 ms·
I agree the example is clumsy because people will find it hard in that example to imagine why a novel is patentable (because it is obviously not in our world, i
by antjohnst 14y ago
I agree the example is clumsy because people will find it hard in that example to imagine why a novel is patentable (because it is obviously not in our world, ironically lacking the criteria of being "novel"!)
I felt like notch matured a while ago but this is a surprisingly childish rant from him, i honestly felt it was a bit below him. He has a point, a valid point, but he has not conveyed it very well, and has caused collatoral damage to other valid fields for patents in the process of criticizing software patents.
- TomGullen 14y agoI totally agree, I really like Notch usually. His posts are concise, to the point and honest. This one isn't very well thought out and is adding more confusion into the pot.
- billswift 14y agoBefore you get too wrapped up in the idea of "other valid fields for patents", you might check out some of those other fields. There is actually quite a bit of evidence against patents in many other fields as well, though the only link I have handy is to Derek Lowe's discussions related to pharma - http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/patents_and_ip/ http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/patents_and_ip/
- antjohnst 14y agoHave a read of my other comment on the page (search antjohnst to speed up finding it) giving an example in the pharma industry.