On 5 December 2011 14:34, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> IMHO, the idea of intellectual "property" on things that can be duplicated without any sort of degradation -- like software -- is absolutely absurd and bogus. --Eric Morgan

No argument there.

But arguably even worse is that independent reinvention is no defence
when it comes to patent infringement.  Which is crazy, since 90% of
what a typical programmer does during a day IS independent reinvention
of techniques.

-- Mike.