> Not only will this kind of thing happen, but it will become commonplace and convenient...That's a whole bunch of overhead that has been created by abolishing software patents.
Which is it? Convenient or a whole bunch of overhead?
But then again, who cares? When is the last time anyone implemented a patented idea by looking at old patents? The idea is old by the time it is patented.
> Oh and the DMCA will make any efforts to penetrate obfuscated software illegal in perpetuity.
And that is worse than patent law? How would anyone know that obfuscated software was penetrated? That only comes into play when people uses snippets of firmware anyway. They already use DMCA like this, so it doesn't really matter.
The biggest problem is the John Carmack problem of sitting down to do a week of work in a domain, and creating something that you find out is already patented.
Which is it? Convenient or a whole bunch of overhead?
But then again, who cares? When is the last time anyone implemented a patented idea by looking at old patents? The idea is old by the time it is patented.
> Oh and the DMCA will make any efforts to penetrate obfuscated software illegal in perpetuity.
And that is worse than patent law? How would anyone know that obfuscated software was penetrated? That only comes into play when people uses snippets of firmware anyway. They already use DMCA like this, so it doesn't really matter.
The biggest problem is the John Carmack problem of sitting down to do a week of work in a domain, and creating something that you find out is already patented.