On a follow up on the post of how the patent system is hindering innovation, now it turns out that Yahoo had the whole idea of social network before Facebook. The latter shouldn't get all the profits credit without paying its share, of course. Hence, Yahoo is now suing Facebook.
There are people who are in favor of patenting code, like books and movies are patented. However, that seems somehow ludicrous... and a good response to the claim that software ideas should be patented is:
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There are people who are in favor of patenting code, like books and movies are patented. However, that seems somehow ludicrous... and a good response to the claim that software ideas should be patented is:
"... patenting big software ideas is like patenting the very idea of a movie where a guy meets a girl, and they like each other, but circumstances keep them apart for a while, and they finally get together at the end. "It's time to rethink the patent system from scratch. This is becoming a very expensive cat fight.
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