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Story: Patent directive 'could halt Linux development'
Posted by: Robert Weiler (Tuesday 1 March 2005, 8:02 PM)
The most important thing is that we abolish software patents everywhere and not that we get finality in the EU. The current situation is far preferable to having the EU adopt software patents, but not nearly as good as abolishing them completely. It should be absolutely clear that the primary purpose of software patents is not to encourage innovation but to stifle competition. That results in higher software prices for everybody for the benefit of a few software monopolists. It should be pointed out that the purpose of patents iis to provide inventors with enough incentive to disclose their invention so that useful inventions are not taken to the grave. That isn't possible with software which is justification enough for excluding software from patent protection.
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Story: Patent directive 'could halt Linux development'
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