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| Authored by: RTH on Monday, June 11 2012 @ 07:08 AM EDT |
Just another example of why software patents are always bad.
The description of your problem is just another case of the sort of problem good
software professionals solve routinely. And yes, it take time. But I bet if I or
any really good programmer, did spend the 5 years, we would have a result not
much different in principle from yours. There aren't that many ways to tackle
such a problem, and none of the solutions are non-obvious.
If it took you 5 years to hone, the end result is a complex program that can't
be replicated simply by reading the patent. Any competitor will themselves take
5 years to create their competing product. All the patent does is unfairly
inoculate you from competition for a decade or so.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 11 2012 @ 10:30 AM EDT |
If 99% of these patents are harmful, why do you feel throwing away all software
patents is throwing away the baby with the bathwater? Is that 1% benefit really
worth the 99% stupidity that the remainder represents? Are the costs to society
in terms of lawsuits, lawyers, and stifling of competition really worth that?
I think they don't. And I think they aren't worth it in other industries either.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 11 2012 @ 10:44 AM EDT |
Doesn't matter how long you worked on it. You got paid for
your work. Even if you didn't get paid, so what? All that
stuff is irrelevant. Patents exist solely for the purpose of
granting a limited monopoly on an invention.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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