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> It seems to me that what we need is not immunity from granting patents on software, but immunity from enforcing patents against software. If we're not going

> It seems to me that what we need is not immunity from granting patents on software, but immunity from enforcing patents against software. If we're not going to enforce a patent against software, why grant it in the first place?

kragen 13y ago
I'm not proposing abolishing the patent system altogether; I'm proposing to protect software from it, while allowing the enforcement of patents against things that are legitimately subject to patents.
- saraid216 13y ago
  So why grant patents on software?
  - kragen 13y ago
    Because you can't tell if a patent might cover software or not when you grant it, in the way that the patent law is currently applied under the influence of WIPO.