I don’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/?inventor…
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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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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.
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Why?
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It’s next to impossible to describe a software patent that is truly original without legal tricks that make sure it doesn’t obviously ignore prior art; because it doesn’t help innovation, but stifles it; because it feeds patent trolls; because it’s of no practical use.
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I agree with what you're saying about patents, yet I'm proud to have contributed to patents for Red Hat as a)they do actively fight the patent system, e.g. sponsoring no-patent lobby in EU b)they are bound by the Patent Promise redhat.com/en/about/patent-p…
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Replying to @SanneGrinovero @DesignPuddle @techgirl1908
a) sounds good, b) only extends to FOSS, if I understand correctly, which I find sad, otherwise I’d like that too

Aug 2, 2019 · 12:58 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @DesignPuddle @techgirl1908
Ah, maybe that's unclear as that article doesn't point it out, but we have other mandates in place to exclusively release new software as OSS; there's only exceptions allowed for when proprietary software joins via acquisitions but then only briefly while its converted to oss.
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