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Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)

Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)

Posted Nov 6, 2012 20:09 UTC (Tue) by wahern (subscriber, #37304)
In reply to: Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired) by nhippi
Parent article: Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)

I thought the main difference between anarchism and libertarianism was that the libertarians were sell-outs who were cool with statist government.

Private property is a different matter altogether. There are plenty of anarchists who believe in strong private property rights. Anarchism is a very large tent. The one thread that binds them is a desire for non-physically-coercive legal structures for nonviolent behavior**. In practical terms that means no prison for civil violations of the local law. Everything else is basically up for grabs, including the meaning of "law".

** I would think, actually, that preservation of a private property right naturally follows from almost any anarchist school of thought.


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Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)

Posted Nov 6, 2012 21:49 UTC (Tue) by Rudd-O (subscriber, #61155) [Link]

Fully agreed.

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