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Software Patents are Absurd

Sean Barrett · by 27 Apr 2002

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  1. The real reason we should not have software patents is because a patent infringes on other people's freedoms.
  2. Software is different from most domains of patenting. Software is extremely adaptive and combinatorial.
  3. The system is broke, and it seems the PTO is financially rewarded for keeping it broken.

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