Would You Quit Over Patents?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday February 2, 2006 @02:09PM from the career-versus-creed dept.

PatentThis asks: "Like a large part of the Slashdot community, I have a problem with software patents. However, I work at a company where they are the norm, and are a major indicator of our performance. So far (over the past 18 months), I've managed to avoid patent work, but that will probably have to change this year. It's an otherwise great job, and I don't look forward to going back on the job market. Do you feel strongly enough about the patent war to give up your job? Should I try to obtain Conscientious Objector status?"

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It's required for doing business ... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-02-02 14:28 · Score: 2, Informative

Any company should get the patent they can get, it's simply the only reasonable way to be in business currently. You know patent work like nukes, without the UNO in the middle ... even RedHat is getting as many patents as they can.