Hmm... the problem is in the patent law and office in general. Not in software patents in particular.
Patent law needs to adopt to server the software development BETTER - not to hinder it like it does now. Patenting double-click - ridiculous...
People are confusing software patents with patent's office inability to distinguish real innovation from a simple money throwing let's protect everything mentality.
Real innovation MUST be protected - otherwise it will never happen!
Let's not punish the small innovators for the crimes that big corporation are committing.
Are we completely forgetting the small independent software vendors (ISV).
I personally am one, but also use the tools built by small shareware shops. Sometimes these people work hard for years and truly INVENT something. If the work is not patentable big companies can scoop the idea and use their marketing engine to completely overrun the small guy. That will completely stop the innovation process which is already in crisis. Why would you invent if you cannot protect your invention from big corporations? Why is it that only software has to be "open", "free" and not not patentable... do you think that recipe for mt favourite spread "nutella" should be made public by the company that makes it?
Software can and is an innovation process from start to finish. MANY things are not patentable, but simply saying that one cannot patent software related innovation (or any innovation for that matter) is WRONG! We are confusing the issue of making sure that patents follow common sense with patents in general! Of course double click should not be patentable! Why should it?
The only people who will benefit from this are big corporations. Small "Joes" will disappear from the face of the earth completely... the whole software development market is becoming one GIANT WAL-MART! There is thousands of developers working for free and only few people scooping the benefits. I am somewhat passionate about this subject... if you wish to discuss the whole subject of open source software impact on software development visit www.antiopensource.com
My two cents...
I would have to disagree with your comments on this. You are completely forgetting the small independent software vendors (ISV).
I personally am one, but also use the tools built by small shareware shops. Sometimes these people work hard for years and truly INVENT something. If the work is not patentable big companies can scoop the idea and use their marketing engine to completely overrun the small guy.
That will completely stop the innovation process which is already in crisis. Why would you invent if you cannot protect your invention from big corporations? Why is it that only software has to be "open", "free" and not not patentable... do you think that recipe for mt favourite spread "nutella" should be made public by the company that makes it? Software can and is an innovation process from start to finish. Many things are not patentable, but simply saying that one cannot patent software related innovation (or any innovation for that matter) is WRONG! The only people who will benefit from this are big corporations. Small "Joes" will disappear from the face of the earth completely... the whole software development market is becoming one GIANT WALLMART! There is thousands of developers working for free and a few people scooping the benefits.
I am somewhat passionate about this subject... if you wish to discuss this more there is a great website www.antiopensource.com to discuss this further. Open source impact on software innovation in general.
My two cents...
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Hmm... the problem is in the patent law and office in general. Not in software patents in particular. Patent law needs to adopt to server the software development BETTER - not to hinder it like it does now. Patenting double-click - ridiculous ...
People are confusing software patents with patent's office inability to distinguish real innovation from a simple money throwing let's protect everything mentality.
Real innovation MUST be protected - otherwise it will never happen!
Let's not punish the small innovators for the crimes that big corporation are committing.
Are we completely forgetting the small independent software vendors (ISV). I personally am one, but also use the tools built by small shareware shops. Sometimes these people work hard for years and truly INVENT something. If the work is not patentable big companies can scoop the idea and use their marketing engine to completely overrun the small guy. ... do you think that recipe for mt favourite spread "nutella" should be made public by the company that makes it?
... the whole software development market is becoming one GIANT WAL-MART! There is thousands of developers working for free and only few people scooping the benefits. I am somewhat passionate about this subject ... if you wish to discuss the whole subject of open source software impact on software development visit www.antiopensource.com ...
That will completely stop the innovation process which is already in crisis. Why would you invent if you cannot protect your invention from big corporations?
Why is it that only software has to be "open", "free" and not not patentable
Software can and is an innovation process from start to finish. MANY things are not patentable, but simply saying that one cannot patent software related innovation (or any innovation for that matter) is WRONG! We are confusing the issue of making sure that patents follow common sense with patents in general! Of course double click should not be patentable! Why should it?
The only people who will benefit from this are big corporations. Small "Joes" will disappear from the face of the earth completely
My two cents
I would have to disagree with your comments on this. You are completely forgetting the small independent software vendors (ISV). ... do you think that recipe for mt favourite spread "nutella" should be made public by the company that makes it? ... the whole software development market is becoming one GIANT WALLMART! There is thousands of developers working for free and a few people scooping the benefits.
I am somewhat passionate about this subject ... if you wish to discuss this more there is a great website www.antiopensource.com to discuss this further. Open source impact on software innovation in general.
My two cents...
I personally am one, but also use the tools built by small shareware shops. Sometimes these people work hard for years and truly INVENT something. If the work is not patentable big companies can scoop the idea and use their marketing engine to completely overrun the small guy.
That will completely stop the innovation process which is already in crisis. Why would you invent if you cannot protect your invention from big corporations?
Why is it that only software has to be "open", "free" and not not patentable
Software can and is an innovation process from start to finish. Many things are not patentable, but simply saying that one cannot patent software related innovation (or any innovation for that matter) is WRONG!
The only people who will benefit from this are big corporations. Small "Joes" will disappear from the face of the earth completely