[pp.int.general] software patents

[Andrew Norton]

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On 12/19/2009 8:49 PM, Philip Hunt wrote:
> 2009/12/18 Valentin Villenave <v.villenave at gmail.com>:
>>
>> The "reject *all* patents NOW immediately immediately or else it
>> means you're not a responsible citizen/not a legit Pirate" approach,
>> while ethically valid, might not be the most efficient one on a
>> long-term perspective. Can we agree on that?
> 
> That's certainly my point of view. It's a lot easy to convince people
> that there are flaws in the patent system that must be fixed, than to
> convince them to abolish the whole thing in its entirely, which makes
> us seem extreme to uninformed people.

I'm still not convinced that 'kill all patents' is even the right
end-game. i've yet to see anything which supports this position.
Substantial reform over hte whole patent system though, yes I
wholeheartedly agree with that (having been put through the mill of the
system years ago).

Andrew

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