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Re:New U.S. immigration rules spur more visa approvals for S... by guitarbill on Thursday December 28, 2023 @11:20AM (#38794981)
Not only is this unnecessarily hostile, but also easily refuted. Here's the process for software patents, which by the way some countries do not grant because it's such bullshit. Software "ideas" get written up and then transformed by a lawyer into incomprehensible legalese. Often to the point the "inventor" cannot understand them anymore. Sometimes, managers get added as "inventors". Then, the patent is submitted and iterated on until it gets accepted.

So the hard part is having enough money to pay a lawyer. And being morally opposed to patents, especially software patents, is a valid position.

Re:New U.S. immigration rules spur more visa approvals for S... by abduhl on Thursday December 28, 2023 @11:24AM (#38795065)
Your refutation is the equivalent of:

Step 1 - Come up with a software idea and give it to a lawyer

Step 2 - ???

Step 3 - Patent

There was nothing hostile in my reply. I just laid out the exact facts that GP put in their post in order to support the opposite conclusion that GP was pushing.