[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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[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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Stallman has been campaigning along these lines for years without gaining much traction. It was one of his talks that really opened my eyes to the evils of software patents. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-patents.en.html …https://youtu.be/aiKRt3-FbM0
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The problem with Stallman as spokesperson is that he is completely anti-commercial. This does not work in front of Congress. Congress does not want to hear about a software utopia where "hackers are free". They want to hear from people in industry who care about making money.
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To be effective something like that would likely have start from someone like you, or
@Jonathan_Blow, or another recognizable indepent, or head of industry. Most folks on contract sign out of anything patent related for plausible deniability (for good reasons for the corp)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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