Why Software Patents Are a Joke — Literally 311
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eburnette writes "A former Sun/Oracle employee explains how developers created patents in an unofficial contest to see who could get the goofiest patent through the system. James Gosling said, '... we got sued, and lost. The penalty was huge. Nearly put us out of business. We survived, but to help protect us from future suits we went on a patenting binge. Even though we had a basic distaste for patents, the game is what it is, and patents are essential in modern corporations, if only as a defensive measure. There was even an unofficial competition to see who could get the goofiest patent through the system. My entry wasn't nearly the goofiest.' Now Oracle is using patents from the same folks as the basis for its lawsuit against Google."
Re:Yep (Score:5, Funny)
Why do you hate their right to be successful?
Let's apply for patent on deep breathing (Score:1, Funny)
Re:This has nothing to do with software patents (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:To answer the proxy wars question (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently you have no idea how many monkeys I have. Unfortunately they keep coming up with Hamlet and not any kind of code.
Re:Destructive memes at its best (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Why? (Score:1, Funny)