NewsForge: Can the Open Source Community Beat Software Patenters?

“Patents and the threat they pose to open source and overall
software innovation are a hot topic, but patents may not be a
useful weapons against a community that works with, ardently
supports, and defends open source with money, time, and
expertise.

“Jason Shultz, an EFF staff attorney whose organization has
posted an Old West-style ’10 most wanted patents’ list, said there
are a number of patents–which the group argues are overly broad
and stifling to innovation–that could potentially harm open source
projects or plans…”

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