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1+1 (pat. pending) - Mathematics, Software and Free Speech (Groklaw)

1+1 (pat. pending) - Mathematics, Software and Free Speech (Groklaw)

Posted Apr 27, 2011 21:38 UTC (Wed) by nybble41 (subscriber, #55106)
In reply to: 1+1 (pat. pending) - Mathematics, Software and Free Speech (Groklaw) by coriordan
Parent article: 1+1 (pat. pending) - Mathematics, Software and Free Speech (Groklaw)

That's an interesting argument. Unfortunately, it amounts to saying that engineers are OK with software patents only to the extent that said patents are guaranteed to never be enforced. In which case, of course, they might as well not exist. Why add needless complexity?


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