Software Patents Quotes
- I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions. — Larry Wall
- Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria. — Richard Stallman
- The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today. — Miguel de Icaza
- Patents? Disappointed? Don't think of it that way. Software patents weren't feasible then so we chose not to risk $10,000. — Bob Frankston
- Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get… — Linus Torvalds
- With the rise of software patents, engineers coding new stuff - whether within a large software company or as kids writing smartphone apps - are… — Jonathan Zittrain
- Software patents are dangerous to software developers because they impose monopolies on software ideas. — Richard Stallman