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Red Hat and software patentsRed Hat and software patentsPosted Jun 3, 2002 21:41 UTC (Mon) by rknop (guest, #66)In reply to: Red Hat and software patents by Carl Parent article: Red Hat and software patents
This is exactly the sort of patent, however, that demonstrates why software patents are UNMITIGATEDLY STUPID. Compilers are as old as the hills. (Well, in computer terms. In fact, in computer years, compilers are probably older than the hills in standard years.) The idea of applying a compiler to, hey, this language... well, clearly that's something novel that the boys at the patent office should get in a tizzy about, and grant monopolies on. WARNING: CRUDENESS AHEAD. I'm always thinking that I should patent wiping after using the toilet. Why? Well, two reasons. First, think of the royalties I could collect! I mean, everybody's going to want to do it, so everybody's gonna have to pay. Two, it would be doing the patent office a service: the place would certainly start to smell better once the folks there learned about this novel technique. -Rob
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