== Quote from Brad Roberts ([email protected])'s article > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > Seems a weak reason. A programmer that's worried about infringing software > > patents can't write anything more useful than "Hello World". I'm seriously > > not convinced at all that it's even possible to write useful code that > > doesn't technically infringe on some software patent. As a programmer, > > either you accept the fact that what you do is inevitably going to trample > > software patents, or you just simply don't be a programmer. That's all there > > is. > The world's not nearly that black and white. There's a huge difference in > infringment in an app you write for yourself vs an app that's very public. > LLVM is somewhat closer to the latter end of the spectrum. > I agree that excess paranoia isn't warranted, but neither is willful > ignorance.
If we're really lucky, Bilski Vs. Kappos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Bilski) will send all the software patent attorneys to the poorhouse next week and we can just start trampling freely.
