I could argue against software patents, but this guy does it way better than I ever could: http://www.feld.com/wp/category/patents
2011/3/5 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > > > 2011/3/5 Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> > > The US natural level of software innovation is X. Due to patents, it is >> modified to Y. Is Y larger? Smaller? About the same? >> >> You claim it appears high, and then conclude this means Y can't be >> significantly smaller. This makes no logical sense. >> > Not exactly. The fact that Y is currently high (higher than any other > country in the world) shows that the system is not as broken as people who > want to abolish all software patents claim. Therefore, the burden of proof > that X is higher is on them. > > By the way, the Zuckerberg story shows what would happen in a world without > software patents, since none were filed. If you believe the story as it's > being told today, Zuckerberg was able to "steal" (or reuse) the original > idea without any legal worries, thereby forcing the original authors to have > to sue him in order to claim what's theirs. This seems backward to me, but > that's basically what the absence of software patents will lead to. > > The Google / Oracle lawsuits prove that either non-novel patents hold up in >> court >> > There hasn't been any appearance in court yet! That was my point, we just > don't know where this is headed, so we can't use this case as a sign that > software patents are broken or that they work. > > Let's discuss this once a verdict is rendered, or a settlement is reached. > This might be a few years in the future, but we will probably have learned a > lot in the meantime. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
