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> It seems to me that what we need is not immunity from granting patents on software, but immunity from enforcing patents against software.

If we're not going to enforce a patent against software, why grant it in the first place?



I'm not proposing abolishing the patent system altogether; I'm proposing to protect software from it, while allowing the enforcement of patents against things that are legitimately subject to patents.


So why grant patents on software?


Because you can't tell if a patent might cover software or not when you grant it, in the way that the patent law is currently applied under the influence of WIPO.




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