In the spirit of Martin Luther, this is the beginning of my Ninety-Five Theses on why software patents are evil. I can only dream that these theses will be a catalyst or impact change. In the spirit of David Letterman, I’m counting backwards. It’ll take me 95 iterations to figure out how to articulate what [...]
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From uspto.gov, with my comments interspersed. What Is a Patent? A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Generally, the term of a new patent is 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was [...]
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What an ISV (Independent Software Vendor) sells isn’t the software itself, but the right to use. The rights, and restrictions, of both the vendor and the user are spelled out in the software license agreement. By definition that agreement will strike some balance between granting users sufficient privileges to use the software, while preserving the [...]
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