The Danger of Software Patents
by
Jeanne Rasata
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Published on
Sep 22, 2009 10:56 AM
Wellington, New Zealand - Victoria University of Wellington, RHLT 2, in the Rutherford House on the Pipitea Campus. 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.
| When |
Oct 08, 2009
from 05:30 PM to 05:30 PM |
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| Where | Wellington, New Zealand |