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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 04:17 PM EDT |
I am certainly in agreement with the majority of Groklaw that software patents,
as practiced, are complete bunkum.
I like the part of the british approach that allows you to sue a patent holder
for a license, especially if they are not a practicing entity.
But there's a huge gap between quantum theory and reducing it to practice in the
form of an optically-pumped laser. I don't think many here would disagree with
the proposition that inventors deserve SOME protection for their inventions,
particularly with the likes of Microsoft, Google, and Apple prowling about.
Quoting the Copyright clause of the US constitution:
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited
Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings
and Discoveries
The Lotus 123 interface was a significant discovery, bringing the ability to
operate a spreadsheet to almost everyone with a computer.
I claim a very good anti-virus OS has a good chance of being just as
significant.
So my question, for both of those inventors, is, in the spirit of the copyright
clause, how should the legal encouragement work?
And, I suppose, where do I get the resources, which will be *much* less than the
$50M expended on OraGoogle....
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