Trent W. Buck <[email protected]> wrote:
 
> Patents are limited monopolies granted in exchange for publication of
> what would otherwise remain trade secrets.

Indeed they are, and this point is too often lost in these discussions.

There is also a tendency to rely on bad examples of software patents, rather
than examples that illustrate genuine innovation and real investment in
research that might not be made otherwise.

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