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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. 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/

  2. 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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