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A comment on Intel to Universities: No Patents, Please, Just Open Source.

Re:Intel to Universities: No Patents, Please, Just Open Source by noonespecial on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @04:27AM (#2995361)
"So how did they finally fix the patent system, Grandpa?"

"They didn't. Nobody could. Over the years, people just got tired of the bullshit and quit using it."

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Re:Intel to Universities: No Patents, Please, Just Open Source by nextparadigms on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @09:26AM (#2996158)
The problem is they still go after open-source software with patent infringement claims (look at Microsoft).
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