I donโ€™t think you have a reason to be proud if your name is on a software patent
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Proud to have invented something new...25x actually. The thing is my employers always own my intellectual property and find it advantageous to protect it.
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What have you patented?
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patents.google.com/?inventorโ€ฆ
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Wow! That's awesome. Real time scheduling in particular is something that will be imperative to future systems everywhere!
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yeah, and anyone can license the right to implement it.
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Replying to @techgirl1908 @DesignPuddle
I am sure your work is awesome. I still maintain software patents are, in principle, a horrible idea, and no software developer (who relies on the work of countless others all the time) should support them.

Aug 1, 2019 ยท 7:31 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @techgirl1908
Why?
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Itโ€™s next to impossible to describe a software patent that is truly original without legal tricks that make sure it doesnโ€™t obviously ignore prior art; because it doesnโ€™t help innovation, but stifles it; because it feeds patent trolls; because itโ€™s of no practical use.
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