The State of Software Patents in the US, Resistance in Europe

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2008-02-11 00:02:23 UTC
Modified: 2008-02-11 00:02:23 UTC

Wikimedia Commons has the following image in the public domain. It nicely illustrates the increasing complexity of software development, at least in the United States.

Software patent on rise

Regarding protests against software patents in Europe, Zoobab has added a video to YouTube. It is one which we did not include in the previous batch, so here it is. ⬆

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Links 20/09/2026: Amazon Layoffs, Flock 'Buyouts' (Silent Layoffs): Links for the day
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Gemini Links 20/09/2026: "Music While Working" and Radio Silence: Links for the day
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IRC Proceedings: Saturday, September 19, 2026: IRC logs for Saturday, September 19, 2026
Links 19/09/2026: Many Patents Become Candidates for Annulment and Linux [sic] Foundation Takes More Slop Money to Promote Malicious Bots: Links for the day
Gemini Links 19/09/2026: The Fundamental Human Assets, The History of Gopher's "i" Type, and ROOPHLOCH 2026: Links for the day
Links 19/09/2026: "OpenAI and Microsoft Knew They Were Starting a ‘Doom Loop’ [of Mass Plagiarism 'Normalised' by Brute Force] for the web", Calling It "Hey Hi": Links for the day
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