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Torvalds Joins Anti-Patent Attack

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the patents-schmatents dept.

canuck57 sent us a story about Linus Torvalds has joined the chorus of voices speaking out against software patents. Talks briefly about the recent patent releases by IBM & Sun, and notes that there are 'an estimated 150,000 to 300,000 registered software patents in the U.S. alone.'

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  1. Re:any software patent is bad by CAIMLAS · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I was sitting here reading this comment and thought, "hey, that's pretty insiteful; I htink I'll reply" and then I realized I'd written it not 5 minutes ago.

    Lay off the crack, man... lay off the crack. /puts the crack pipe down

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