The Danger of Software Patents
Bergamo, Italy - Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti, Piazza Giacomo Carrara, 82/d
Dec 21, 2010
from 01:30 PM to 03:30 PM
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Richard Stallman will explain how software patents obstruct software development. Software patents are patents that cover software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user. Economic research shows that they even retard progress.