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just abolish the patent system entirely. at minimum, for software
by dosethree 3y ago
just abolish the patent system entirely. at minimum, for software
- mistrial9 3y agocompare and contrast to industry practices today https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-patents.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-patents.en.html
- dosethree 3y agofantastic article
- declaredapple 3y agoI'm on board with this. It shouldn't exist for software, I'd be happy to see it go for hardware too. I'd be more on-board with the idea if non-software patents only had say a 5 year lifespan