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simseye on Dec 16, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: UK court allows ANN patent saying computer program...

Software patents have become an anthithesis to the spirit of adventure. They're more of a joyless bureaucratic drudgery that drips of sadness.

MaxBarraclough on Dec 16, 2023 [–]

Donald Knuth put it best:

> I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. [...] There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science.

The Art of Computer Programming, Volume III ( via https://lwn.net/Articles/132926/ )

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