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The USPTO Would Like to Partner with the Software Community ... Wait. What? Really? (Groklaw)

The USPTO Would Like to Partner with the Software Community ... Wait. What? Really? (Groklaw)

Posted Jan 8, 2013 19:28 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
In reply to: The USPTO Would Like to Partner with the Software Community ... Wait. What? Really? (Groklaw) by dps
Parent article: The USPTO Would Like to Partner with the Software Community ... Wait. What? Really? (Groklaw)

> That law has led to some very expensive server side software being written and sold at a profit, some of which gets given to me in return for developing it :-)

People architect buildings, make horseshoes and do all sorts of stuff with no copyright protections.

If people want server software they will pay for it. Period. You don't need copyrights to develop software under contract and have your customers sign NDAs.


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