[1/*] At some point very soon, we as US developers must present a unified front to the government to get software patents removed from US patent law permanently. They have held hearings on this, and most voices they hear are large corporate spokespeople.https://twitter.com/molecularmusing/status/1435152417813893120 …
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[3/*] We must organize, and we must state loudly, unambiguously, and unanimously that software patents do not work; that the brightest and most productive programmers _do not use them_; that most brilliant algorithms never were patented; and that we don't want this law.
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[4/*] I have ranted about this issue for years. You can see an example rant here: https://caseymuratori.com/blog_0027 I will happily go ten rounds with _anyone_ who thinks they can argue that software patents are good. AN. Y. ONE. There is simply no defense for software patents.
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[5/*] But it doesn't matter how strong the liberty, economic, or common sense arguments are. This is a problem with organization. And unless and until we have a strong community leader who will relentlessly organize a campaign that we can sign on to and support, we're stuck.
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[6/*] So if somebody out there who likes organizing is looking for a single issue - and a nonpartisan one at that! - you could do a lot worse than being the person who lead the campaign to finally end US software patents.
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[7/*] And in case you didn't already know, it has happened before. Congress intervened to exempt doctors from patent infringement on surgical techniques. It's 35 U.S.C. § 287(c): https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/287 …
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Good luck with that. A long time ago, I mentioned in passing on a dev ml that "of course any serious dev wouldn't file a software patent". Apparently I was wrong - because I was shouted down very loudly. Suppose as soon as your corp has one, you're on that side. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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