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Old 10-25-2011, 02:20 PM   #1
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LXer: All patents are theft


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If necessity is the mother of invention, patents are its delinquent offspring, providing stumbling blocks to innovation and progress, inhibiting the free exchange of ideas, and restricting our knowledge of how things work, says Richard Hillesley…

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Old 10-26-2011, 06:18 AM   #2
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I disagree. Software patents are bad, but other patents are ok. The only problem with regular patents is that people can submit a patent for anything even if it is impossible or nonsensical.
 
  


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