Of course it can be. Or can not be. We don't know, is the point. clone the US and run both side-by-side, one with software patent law and one without, and it still wouldn't be particularly scientific (you'd need to clone the US at least 40 times), but we'd be getting at something.
You're conflating correlation with causation. You can google why that's bad. On Sep 13, 8:06 am, Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Reinier Zwitserloot > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > As I already retorted (a retort you didn't answer), the argument that > > in the US, software patents must have led to an environment where > > software innovation is fairly commonplace - is a logical fallacy. > > How so? Most of the innovative software companies are in the US, so > certainly, the software patent system can't be as bad as you say it is, > right? > > -- > Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
