[Discussioni] [NEWS] Surviving in a world full of software patents

[Andrea Glorioso]

http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/19/2251254

To promote  freedom in the marketplace  open source developers need to
start patenting their inventions.

We  have several reasons why  patenting  is now a  requirement of last
resort:

 1. Closed source companies are actively seeking to attack open source
    through patents.

 2. The cost of defending against a patent is enough break the bank of
    even the largest open source projects.

 3. Copyright is easily circumvented by creative programming.

 4. It is the only logical way to counterattack.

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Ciao,

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