> I think if you disagree with (software) patents, you must also disagree with these anti-monopoly laws. ...Do you have a reason for thinking that? The connect

> I think if you disagree with (software) patents, you must also disagree with these anti-monopoly laws. ...Do you have a reason for thinking that? The connection isn't obvious. If your reason for disagreeing with software patents is an aversion to government intervention then, ok, sure, that reason would also extend to disliking competition law. But if your reason for disagreeing with software patents is, say, because you don't like that they grant the patent-holder a monopoly on the subject of the patent and you don't like monopolies, that's pretty compatible with having a high regard for competition law. And if your reason for disagree with software patents is something else entirely, that might not point to any particular position on competition law at all.