[vox] Check the latest newsletter for EFF. Patent trolls.

[Brian Lavender]

Deep Dive: Software Patents and the Rise of Patent Trolls
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/deep-dive-software-patents-and-rise-patent-trolls

I think we should go back to the pre software patent era. The
the validity of patents have weakened and are wrecking havoc on innovation.

I like the idea of software patents providing running code.
https://defendinnovation.org/proposal/open-patent-granting-process

brian
-- 
Brian Lavender
http://www.brie.com/brian/

"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."

Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture