Abuse Quote by Linus Torvalds

Software patents are dangerous to software developers because they impose monopolies on software ideas.

— Richard Stallman

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

— Larry Wall

Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.

— Miguel de Icaza

I fundamentally do not believe in the patenting of software. It would be like Shakespeare patenting the tragic love story.

— Shiva Ayyadurai

The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today.

— Miguel de Icaza

As the commercial confrontation between [free software] and software-that's-a-product becomes more fierce, patent law's going to be the terrain on which a big piece…

— Eben Moglen

“The history of patents includes a wealth of attempts to reward friends of the government and restrict or control dangerous technologies.”

— James Boyle

In the early days of the software industry, people cared about copyright and didn't give a damn about patents - they copied each other…

— Nathan Myhrvold

Today the patent office is obsolete. You just take whatever you do, tool up, and start production for six months. At the end of…

— Paul Laffoley

Great software has seemingly limitless potential to solve human problems - and it can spread around the world in the blink of an eye.…

— Craig Federighi

Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria.

— Richard Stallman

Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development.

— Brian Behlendorf