https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/tags/patents/ Recent content in Patents on Open Source Currency Hugo en-us Fri, 11 May 2007 13:40:00 +0100 https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/2007/05/11/software-and-patents/ Fri, 11 May 2007 13:40:00 +0100 https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/2007/05/11/software-and-patents/ <p>A lot of people who understand and enjoy Open Source Software don&rsquo;t necessarily realize one of the main problems with the way the Software industry entrenches itself in a way to remove the ability to innovate form the general public and society as whole..</p> <p>Software is a mutant in the sense that it can be both copyrighted and patented. The article <a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/software_aint_patentable_damnit_part_2">Software ain&rsquo;t patentable, damn it! (2)</a> points out the difference fairly well while discussing a <a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/software_aint_patentable_damn_it">legal case</a> putting junk patents at risk.</p>