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Path to software innovation leads away from patents
By Jack Loftus, News Writer
11 Aug 2005 | SearchEnterpriseLinux.com

"There is a real disconnect between the concept of innovation and the 
concept of patents in software," [Mark] Webbink said, adding that as far 
as innovation was concerned, software patents would have stifled many of 
the programs that users take for granted today.

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