eWeek: Software Patents and Mutually Assured Destruction

Mar 27, 2005, 13:00 (4 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"Have I mentioned that I hate software patents?

"Why, yes, I have. Many times.

"I'm also a realist. Maybe someday, PUBPAT (the Public Patent Foundation) and other patent-reform groups such as the Electronic Freedom Foundation's Patent-Busting Project will succeed in getting rid of software patents, but I'm not holding my breath..."

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