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Lack of patent protection did impede progressLack of patent protection did impede progressPosted Jun 21, 2012 13:43 UTC (Thu) by gioele (subscriber, #61675)In reply to: Lack of patent protection did impede progress by jreiser Parent article: EFF Launches New Patent Reform Project to Defend Innovation
>> Is there any proof or even indication ... would not have been conceived without patent protection?
> Yes, there is, if you consider the aspects of reduction to practice, publication and dissemination. Prior to the late 1970s, method patents via software were difficult to obtain, and special-purpose hardware was very expensive in time and money. This significantly impeded the publication and dissemination of new ideas, methods, and algorithms in software during those years.
Does this mean that the drawers of European universities are full of unpublished algorithms waiting to be patented?
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Lack of patent protection did impede progress Posted Jun 21, 2012 13:53 UTC (Thu) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link]
It means drawers of Earth's universities and schools are full of every single algorithm that will or will not be patented in the next 100 years. And that is *why* software patents are pure evil and pure B.S.
Lack of patent protection did impede progress Posted Jun 21, 2012 14:56 UTC (Thu) by gioele (subscriber, #61675) [Link]
Let me rephrase that. (Where is the "Edit comment" button?)
>> Is there any proof or even indication ... would not have been conceived without patent protection?
> Yes, there is, if you consider the aspects of reduction to practice, publication and dissemination. Prior to the late 1970s, method patents via software were difficult to obtain, and special-purpose hardware was very expensive in time and money. This significantly impeded the publication and dissemination of new ideas, methods, and algorithms in software during those years.
Does this mean that the drawers of European universities are full of beautiful algorithms left unpublished because they cannot be patented? It is hard to believe.
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