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noonespecial on Sept 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Intel to Universities: No Patents, Please, Just Op...

"So how did they finally fix the patent system, Grandpa?"

"They didn't. Nobody could. Over the years, people just got tired of the bullshit and quit using it."

nextparadigms on Sept 14, 2011 [–]

The problem is they still go after open-source software with patent infringement claims (look at Microsoft).

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