Re: [tlug] Patents gone wrong?

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 28/08/06, Godwin Stewart <godwin.stewart@example.com> wrote:

> That, and the act of clicking on an OK button (patented by M$ IIRC) are
> nothing but junk patents designed with the sole intention of making it
> virtually imposible for FLOSS developers to create software without
> walking through a legal minefield.

As an investor, however, I would consider it malpractice for a large
corporation not to file patents on a wide variety of such software
fluff, to be used defensively if necessary. The patent system is badly
broken as it applies to software, but that does not mean that it
cannot cost you serious money if used against you. IBM, for one, has a
huge array of patents, but have a history of using them only
defensively.

-Josh