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Old 11-22-2007, 01:03 AM
Phil153 Phil153 is offline
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Default Re: Programmers, help fight the UIGEA from the bottom up.

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That sucks and so does the whole idea of allowing software patents IMO...

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I'm generally in favor of patents when the topic is sufficiently complex and innovative.

But patenting an algorithm that a math graduate can figure out in several hours is so unbelievable wrong, especially when that algorithm may be the only possible solution to a given problem.
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