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		dosethree on Feb 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cloudflare defeats patent troll Sable at trial just abolish the patent system entirely. at minimum, for software

declaredapple on Feb 12, 2024 | [–]

I'm on board with this. It shouldn't exist for software, I'd be happy to see it go for hardware too.

I'd be more on-board with the idea if non-software patents only had say a 5 year lifespan

mistrial9 on Feb 12, 2024 | [–]

compare and contrast to industry practices today

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/software-patents.en.html

dosethree on Feb 12, 2024 | [–]

fantastic article

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