FSF responds to Oracle v. Google and the threat of software patents

Posted Sep 12, 2010 18:26 UTC (Sun) by drag (guest, #31333)
In reply to: FSF responds to Oracle v. Google and the threat of software patents by Lennie
Parent article: FSF responds to Oracle v. Google and the threat of software patents

yes. They are horrible and only a very large company can hope to absorb them and stay healthy.

The overhead of maintaining a patent system like this is far more costly then to have no software patents in the first place.