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Story: Dell: Microsoft warnings haven't hurt Linux uptake
Software patents are used to enforce monopolies
"...Microsoft had not given Dell any more information about the issue of patent infringement."
Why? Because its all a load of nonsense designed to control purchasing decisions through fear.
In the context of software, copyright gives a person rights over something they've actually got working at least once. Fair enough.
But software patents enable a person (normally a large corporate with deep pockets) to claim rights to *the idea* of something that they haven't even implemented.
Patents are legal tools used to enforce monopolies. Nothing else.
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