> Software inventions, no matter how original, should never be patented
Why not?
The whole idea of patents is to prevent trivial duplication of results that were achieved through considerable research expense. I don't really see much difference between spending a lot of time on getting a mechanical design right or developing and testing a drug or researching a sophisticated algorithm.
Why not?
The whole idea of patents is to prevent trivial duplication of results that were achieved through considerable research expense. I don't really see much difference between spending a lot of time on getting a mechanical design right or developing and testing a drug or researching a sophisticated algorithm.