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Stop talking about "Software Patents" as being specialStop talking about "Software Patents" as being specialPosted Nov 8, 2012 19:39 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)In reply to: Stop talking about "Software Patents" as being special by pboddie Parent article: Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)
There are always going to be some companies that choose secrecy over patents. Coca-Cola has built quite a company around a trade secret formula.
The existance of a few such companies is not a problem, but you are right, where a large percentage of companies cling to secrecy, there is a problem.
A good example of this is the current GPU market, just about everyone is keeping the details of what they are doing secret, in spite of a large number of patents being filed.
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Stop talking about "Software Patents" as being special Posted Nov 8, 2012 21:19 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
Coca-Cola is a bad example. A good lab can easily reverse-engineer Coca-Cola's formula, with moderate expenses.
It just makes no sense to do this. Nobody would buy your drink if you market it as: "Tastes exactly like Coca-Cola!"
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