[pp.int.general] software patents

[Philip Hunt]

2009/12/20 Andrew Norton <ktetch at gmail.com>:
> 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.

Nor am I.

-- 
Philip Hunt, <cabalamat at googlemail.com>
Campaigns Officer, Pirate Party UK