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Tim Bray Finds An Affinity Between Patents And OSS

Posted by timothy on from the but-the-broken-system-remains-broken dept.

Manuzhai writes "Tim Bray, of XML co-invention fame, is writing about software patents and Open Source software today. While he deprecates the 'business-method' patents like one-click ordering, he thinks some (Open) source code could tell the truth about a patent application: 'In fact, in an ideal world, I'd rewrite the law to allow software patents but require a working Open-Source implementation as a condition of getting one.'"

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  1. Coral Links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

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  2. Eliminates patent benefit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    But doesn't that just eliminate the benefit of a patent?

  3. With all due respect to Tim by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In this case, I find no evidence that he has any idea what he is talking about. If he has a better idea, he should articulate it.

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