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Re:Poland's oldest university denies Google's right to paten... by jhall1468 on Sunday August 20, 2017 @03:29PM (#15059872)
Their history dictates their motives, and having never offensively used a patent as of the moment they clearly have good motives.

You are attacking the player, not the game. Software patents shouldn't exist. But in reality they do, and as of this moment I would much rather Google own the patent than a troll.

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Re:Poland's oldest university denies Google's right to paten... by xorblurb on Sunday August 20, 2017 @03:36PM (#15059902)
I will never ever buy the "we are forced to do evil things for the greater good" argument.

Especially behind real inventors' back.

You can't just dictate your own distorted ethical vision just because you are too big.

Edit: plus I don't even give a shit if they limit their use of this patent to defend themselves against competitor claims. Clearly even in this limited case this patent still would have (a very good) value, so at least propose the REAL inventor to patent it and sell ultra limited right for that purpose for a few millions. Then this would be kind of ethical.

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