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This is a mind-bogglingly simplistic and broken argument against patents. The main argument is by analogy and argument is patents suck because they prevent the
by gfodor 14y ago
This is a mind-bogglingly simplistic and broken argument against patents. The main argument is by analogy and argument is patents suck because they prevent the sharing of ideas. These are both horrible ways to argue against the patent system. I guess it's garnered a large number of upvotes because of the author?
- magicalist 14y agoThose aren't analogies, they're examples, and software patents are almost exactly patents on ideas, not inventions. "Although the invention has been described by way of examples of preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that various other adaptations and modifications can be made within the spirit and scope of the invention." Good luck with that when the only invention actually described is a "system" that embodies the ideas described in the claims.