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Re:iA makes patent threats by steveklabnik on Friday December 27, 2013 @06:38PM (#6973147)
Sure. I don't agree with software patents. This story doesn't really answer my question.
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Re:iA makes patent threats by CamperBob2 on Friday December 27, 2013 @06:47PM (#6973177)
I may just be a bit slow today, but I fail to see how a patent obtained by a small company can not also be defensive.

Of course it answers your question. The answer is that there is no answer. You simply have no way of knowing whether a given patent will be used defensively or offensively, ethically or unethically. Like any good monster it has a life of its own.

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Re:iA makes patent threats by steveklabnik on Friday December 27, 2013 @07:17PM (#6973268)
Ah, gotcha.
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