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VFAT patent avoidance and patent workaroundsVFAT patent avoidance and patent workaroundsPosted Jun 30, 2009 21:54 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: VFAT patent avoidance and patent workarounds by jordanb Parent article: VFAT patent avoidance and patent workarounds
I was actually being cynical about code quality, rather than reductionist
about the law. I suspect that code *will* get as hopelessly inconsistent as legal systems do, if you let them accrete for as long: i.e., the driving factor here is time.
(That's why I mentioned old laws getting ignored: that's one major
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VFAT patent avoidance and patent workarounds Posted Jul 1, 2009 5:22 UTC (Wed) by njs (subscriber, #40338) [Link]
> That's why I mentioned old laws getting ignored: that's one major difference, because old code doesn't get ignored
Heh, I just read it as part of the analogy, with the old laws like the old modules that end up sitting in a corner mumbling quietly to themselves without actually being hooked into anything that matters anymore.
VFAT patent avoidance and patent workarounds Posted Jul 1, 2009 22:05 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
That works, too.
Anyway, my apologies for introducing an analogy unrelated to cars, but as
VFAT patent avoidance and patent workarounds Posted Jul 1, 2009 22:47 UTC (Wed) by njs (subscriber, #40338) [Link]
As part of the rising interest in "green" computing, I propose that henceforth we make analogies involving biking, walking, and light rail whenever possible.
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