Software progress happens without patents
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Examples
Microsoft Windows 95
GNU/Linux
The WWW and email
Is Apple an example?
Studies
Among software companies, the results are even more striking, with them reporting that patents provide less than a "slight" incentive.
Quotes
Why didn't you patent this yourself, if you developed it first? " My reply was "It only took me an hour to build; if I went down to the patent office after every hour of programming, I wouldn't get very much done. [3]
Related pages
More than innovation - software patents harm innovation, but the problems are also much bigger than just innovation
External links
Innovation Can Be, And Has Been, Achieved In The Absence Of Software Patents - from the Bilski v. Kappos amicus by End Software Patents Internet Software Patents , by Philip Greenspun The Most Important Software Innovations , by David A. Wheeler Why Must Patent Supporters Rewrite History In Attempt To Have The Feds Subsidize Patents , 1 Oct 2010, Techdirt
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