Patently absurd
You might think these ideas are so simple that no patent office would have issued them. We programmers are often amazed by the simplicity of the ideas that real software patents cover – for instance, the European Patent Office has issued a patent on the progress bar, and one on accepting payment via credit cards. These would be laughable if they were not so dangerous.
Richard Stallman, Patent parasite companies are growing larger
[x]#1291 fan maandag 27 juni 2005 @ 00:00:09
