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poor SW patents

poor SW patents

Posted May 5, 2009 23:15 UTC (Tue) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: poor SW patents by corbet
Parent article: Long discussions about long names

> It's not a matter of inexperience; it's more one of being sucked into a system which sees its mission as the granting of patents.

So, even if immoral and barely legal, it is still fine as long as the "system" and the "mission" want it. Translation: we are doomed.


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poor SW patents

Posted May 9, 2009 20:47 UTC (Sat) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]

It's not a matter of inexperience; it's more one of being sucked into a system which sees its mission as the granting of patents.
So, even if immoral and barely legal, it is still fine as long as the "system" and the "mission" want it. Translation: we are doomed

No one here as said anything about it being fine.

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