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Re:Intel to Universities: No Patents, Please, Just Open Source by rbanffy on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @11:23AM (#2996567)
Hardware patents are not a huge part of the madness. Design, business process and software patents, however, usually are.
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Re:Intel to Universities: No Patents, Please, Just Open Source by kyleburton on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @11:26AM (#2996575)
As nano-tech advances and replicators become more commonplace, hardware will face the same issues with patents and the seeming absurdity of patenting an 'obvious idea'.
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Re:Intel to Universities: No Patents, Please, Just Open Source by rbanffy on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @01:13PM (#2997025)
> As nano-tech advances and replicators become more commonplace,

I think we should leave science fiction out of the legal system. It is already overburdened dealing with problems we have and doesn't need to deal with the problems we may someday have.

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