The four things that make me not want to be a programmer: * Software patents * App signing * Setting up build environments * Multi-threading
@marcosalvi @nothings The key to IP protection is that it has to be about _theft_ prevention, which patents have little to do with.
-
-
@marcosalvi@nothings They are so not about that, for example, that the damage model presumes the infringer didn't know!! -
@marcosalvi@nothings This is why copyrights work reasonably well and patents don't. The former is about theft and the latter not.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
@cmuratori@nothings absolutely, which is why we badly need a reform -
@marcosalvi@cmuratori I don't think that's "reform". The US patent system is explicitly defined as granting *monopolies* on inventions. - Show replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.