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Save the Web From Software Patents

Posted by Unknown on from the byline-discontinued-due-to-patent-lawsuit dept.

TheNextCorner writes "PersonalWeb's software patent suit against Github and others threatens the freedom of the Web. In order to make sure that the Web can remain a free and accessible space for everyone, we need to rid ourselves of all the patents that threaten its viability. We need to end software patents."

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  1. Re:Time to end patents by santax · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well the pharma's have no reason to cure cancer or aids. It would cost them heaps in medicine that just prolong the patients life and already are incredible expensive (not to make, but to buy). Curing these people is like cutting yourself off from a really good source of income.

  2. I'm surprised... by jedirock · · Score: 5, Informative

    that no one mentioned the very well written article posted on ArsTechnica yesterday about the patent system and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. As expected, a very US-centric view on the problem, but it does raise some obvious issues. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/how-a-rogue-appeals-court-wrecked-the-patent-system/

  3. Re:too much money in software patents for the lawy by MightyYar · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's worse than that. The federal politicians are also mostly lawyers. Obama and Romney both have a J.D.

    It's a monoculture, and I don't care how much you like lawyers, a monoculture is not good for the country.

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  4. Re:Fuck github by JasterBobaMereel · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have "invented" many things as have most people, but since I did them at work my employer is the only one who could patent them ,,,

    Does this inspire me to innovate? Do I reap the benefits ...?

    More to the point did the lack of patents stop people innovating before they were invented?

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  5. Re:Well, yes, but it is not going to be easy by dargaud · · Score: 3, Informative

    Move your company to Europe, do not trade with the USA, instead only trade with the mysterious entity know as the "rest of the world" which has a very large, diverse and robust economy and slightly less powerful corporations, laugh all the way to the bank ...

    There is an incredible push in Europe to pass software patents as well. It's been cancelled twice by a hair. But the European Patent Office has already hired people to take care of software patents. I know, I was one of the heads hunted.

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