Comments on: Patents Roundup: From Microsoft’s Trolls to Obama Policies http://techrights.org/2008/12/02/microsoft-trolls-to-obama-policies/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/12/02/microsoft-trolls-to-obama-policies/comment-page-1/#comment-41805 Roy Schestowitz Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:55:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/02/microsoft-trolls-to-obama-policies/#comment-41805 We are probably going to write an open letter to him. We are probably going to write an open letter to him.

]]> By: pcolon http://techrights.org/2008/12/02/microsoft-trolls-to-obama-policies/comment-page-1/#comment-41760 pcolon Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:05:49 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/02/microsoft-trolls-to-obama-policies/#comment-41760 <blockquote>“It is ironic that if software patents were disallowed altogether, it might cause legitimate software innovations to then be protected as trade secrets, and thus keep them away from open source projects.”</blockquote> Better to keep it as a "trade secret", force corporations to do their own "IP monopolies" policing without using public funds and let innovators and developers go about their business. Using the patent club to stifle ideas doesn't help innovation.

“It is ironic that if software patents were disallowed altogether, it might cause legitimate software innovations to then be protected as trade secrets, and thus keep them away from open source projects.”

Better to keep it as a “trade secret”, force corporations to do their own “IP monopolies” policing without using public funds and let innovators and developers go about their business. Using the patent club to stifle ideas doesn’t help innovation.

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