[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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[2/*] When large companies tell Congress that software patents are good, it absolutely would - no matter what anyone tells you - it absolutely would make a massive difference if large amounts of their programmers stood up and contradicted them loudly, and publicly.
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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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Replying to @cmuratori
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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Replying to @PaulSamuelHiggi
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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I have no problem with Stallman myself, but he's just not the person who can do this. You need a very pragmatic, business-oriented person, who understands how things work in the US in the real world.
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