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Re:Software Patents are Self-Defeating by fjh on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @12:56PM (#3590994)
It's not pedantic, because I think you are misrepresenting the author. You're edited "quote" is not actually what he said, but you justify not reading the article using your misreading of the sentence you quoted.
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Re:Software Patents are Self-Defeating by monochromatic on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @02:04PM (#3591276)
I don't think so. Every patented invention is also an instance of a broader, unpatentable class. Patent a novel electric motor that gets better efficiency than anything ever made before? Well, obviously the examiners don't know what they're doing, because you just patented an electric motor.

See what I mean?

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