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I'd be offering free apps that users unlock via an in-app purchase right now if it weren't for Lodsys. Software patents are a cancer and we all lose when someb
by jayfuerstenberg 14y ago
I'd be offering free apps that users unlock via an in-app purchase right now if it weren't for Lodsys.
Software patents are a cancer and we all lose when somebody can come along and assert an obvious idea like this is theirs.
- lukifer 14y agoDevs need a way to circle the wagons and form a collective legal defense. At least some of these patents could and should be invalidated in court, but no single developer usually has the time or money to make a stand.
- madsushi 14y agoThis is known as the EFF.
- pooriaazimi 14y agoEFF is kinda GNUish, while most devs who want to make money are BSDish (I'm generalizing a lot here, of course).
- batgaijin 14y agoI think we all know what we need: a blacklist. You work at a known patent troll? You're not working at my company if I get a say in it. Just because you are super smart and didn't have any say in the official business proceedings does not mean you don't take on responsibility. It's quite cruel, but if the patent game doesn't change quickly enough, it is necessary. If you don't care enough about your corporate policies enough to quit, then you are an accomplice. These companies aren't scared of legal proceedings, they are included in projected budgets. The only time they will start caring is when no one intelligent will work for them. Perhaps the only way to make these weapons useless is to make sure everyone is scared of holding them. Turn MAD into toxic containment.
- pooriaazimi 14y ago... Then they offer a 20% premium for anyone who wants to work for them and then the risk of being blacklisted is outweighed by the pleasure of more money and people would want to work for them again. Don't forget that these patent trolls are rich.