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The moral of the story is don't develop software unless you have the resources to fight patent lawsuits. I haven't, so I don't.

camus 14y ago
you mean dont do it in USA , the so-called land of opportunities ...
- DanBC 14y ago
  The article mentions Mojang and Uniloc suing for the '067 patent. Mojang are not in the US. Maybe companies threatened by patents could motivate the public by preventing US citizens from having access to those companies' software for a week, but that's unlikely to happen.
  - Kiro 14y ago
    But Mojang doesn't need to care about it. The only reason they do is because it could affect their deals with US payment processors but they can just ignore it if they would like to. Austin Meyer on the other hand has to submit since he's based in the US.
rooshdi 14y ago
I don't know if you're being sarcastic, but I've actually concluded the opposite. The patent system is so ridiculous now that it should be treated as such and developers should "infringe" as many patents as possible until the whole tyrannical system collapses on itself.
- hayksaakian 14y ago
  As a software developer you're playing a round of roulette for every 10k you make. As noble as what you're saying sounds, nobody wants to be a casualty of war.
  - rooshdi 14y ago
    It's not a casualty. It's a cause. What is there to lose? The laws are already imprisoning us. Might as well see it through.
    - yareally 14y ago
      Mostly time, sadly. We all have lots of ideas and aspirations, but time is always short at hand. If we had more of it, much easier to fight things.
pi18n 14y ago
I think the moral is to incorporate company A, which sells source code without any warranty to company B (also yours), which sells the binaries to users. Company B is perpetually in debt to company A; if they are sued they use their remaining assets to pay A and then declare bankruptcy.
Kiro 14y ago
Or move to another country. I'm glad I'm not in the US and have to deal with this crap.

camus 14y ago

you mean dont do it in USA , the so-called land of opportunities ...

DanBC 14y ago
The article mentions Mojang and Uniloc suing for the '067 patent. Mojang are not in the US. Maybe companies threatened by patents could motivate the public by preventing US citizens from having access to those companies' software for a week, but that's unlikely to happen.
- Kiro 14y ago
  But Mojang doesn't need to care about it. The only reason they do is because it could affect their deals with US payment processors but they can just ignore it if they would like to. Austin Meyer on the other hand has to submit since he's based in the US.

rooshdi 14y ago

I don't know if you're being sarcastic, but I've actually concluded the opposite. The patent system is so ridiculous now that it should be treated as such and developers should "infringe" as many patents as possible until the whole tyrannical system collapses on itself.

hayksaakian 14y ago
As a software developer you're playing a round of roulette for every 10k you make. As noble as what you're saying sounds, nobody wants to be a casualty of war.
- rooshdi 14y ago
  It's not a casualty. It's a cause. What is there to lose? The laws are already imprisoning us. Might as well see it through.
  - yareally 14y ago
    Mostly time, sadly. We all have lots of ideas and aspirations, but time is always short at hand. If we had more of it, much easier to fight things.

pi18n 14y ago

I think the moral is to incorporate company A, which sells source code without any warranty to company B (also yours), which sells the binaries to users. Company B is perpetually in debt to company A; if they are sued they use their remaining assets to pay A and then declare bankruptcy.

Kiro 14y ago

Or move to another country. I'm glad I'm not in the US and have to deal with this crap.