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So, #Black_Duck has announced a patent on what I've done regularly since 1999: ur1.ca/lbps I'm disgusted, insulted, and sick to my stomach.
Tuesday, 02-Feb-10 20:13:42 UTC from web- Jan Stedehouder likes this.
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@bkuhn I guess that proves that the patent system is totally broken (not that we needed more proof)
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@realitas,both #Google & #Black_Duck refuse to publish their methods for identifying licenses on code,so we can't trust unverifiable results
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@realitas,only if ppl say "I searched google ∴ I now have definitive taxonomy". Code searches are pitched as giving definitive license info.
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@bkuhn Actually, the base principle of a patent is to disclose the "invention" in exchange of exclusivity. If not then it's even more broken
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@mmuman, like many patents granted by USPTO, "invention" disclosed in this case is obvious & generally practiced prior to application.
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@bignose,re:"look how bad a patent is". No one still thinks that particular emperor has clothes on, thus usefulness of such gawking limited.
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@bignose, Long term, cost of software patenting must impact wealthiest for actual change. USA lobbyist system too broken for other solutions
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@bkuhn Like many software patents it is obvious because built on existing knowledge.
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@bkuhn Well, it's got to hurt them more than it hurts us. They're always willing to pay a price to raise the barrier of entry to competitors
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@bkuhn Legislators are captive of patent lobbyists, courts are captive of patentees, and the executive is captive of patent applicants
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@bkuhn This gives me an excuse to post my favourite patent related cartoon, which I use often in presentations: http://is.gd/7WjjB
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