[ Thanks to E5Rebel
for this link. ]
“Software patents are an issue that crops up fairly
often on this blog, since they represent one of the principal
threats to free software. But recently something seems to have got
into the water, for the entire world, apparently, has gone software
patent mad.“First we had Apple taking a swing at HTC, one of the main
manufacturers of Android smartphones:“Apple today filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20
Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying
architecture and hardware.“It trotted out the usual nonsense”