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Story: The patent poison spreads
Posted by: Alan Wilkinson (Thursday 14 April 2005, 10:59 PM)
In 40 years in the industry, I have never seen or heard of a case where a software development would not have been made if patent protection had been unavailable.
Therefore there is simply no justification for software patents, period. There is zero evidence they are necessary to encourage innovation. There is a mountain of evidence that they discourage it and increase costs and risks unnecessarily.
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