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| − | Patents on software harm education at all levels. Software patents create legal costs and risks for computer learners who study the software they use, and they introduce uncertainty regarding the use of the skills learned in higher education. | + | Patents on software harm education at all levels. [[Software patents]] create legal costs and risks for computer learners who study the software they use, and they introduce uncertainty regarding the use of the skills learned in higher education. |
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* [[Blocking innovation and research]] | * [[Blocking innovation and research]] | ||
* [[Jobs and skills]] - which also deals with the problem of learned skills being unusable | * [[Jobs and skills]] - which also deals with the problem of learned skills being unusable | ||
| + | * [[Blackboard inc.]] - a company which has used software patents against education projects | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www-old.eun.org/insight-pdf/special_reports/e_learning_softpat.pdf Discussion paper by European Schoolnet / Insight], December 2004 | * [http://www-old.eun.org/insight-pdf/special_reports/e_learning_softpat.pdf Discussion paper by European Schoolnet / Insight], December 2004 | ||
** [http://news.swpat.org/2009/11/education-and-software-patents/ Summary of that paper, on news.swpat.org] | ** [http://news.swpat.org/2009/11/education-and-software-patents/ Summary of that paper, on news.swpat.org] | ||
| + | * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4790485.stm BBC: Patent battle over teaching tools], August 2006 regarding [[Blackboard inc.]] | ||
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Revision as of 06:45, 1 February 2010
Patents on software harm education at all levels. Software patents create legal costs and risks for computer learners who study the software they use, and they introduce uncertainty regarding the use of the skills learned in higher education.
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- Arguments against software patents
- Freedom of expression
- Blocking innovation and research
- Jobs and skills - which also deals with the problem of learned skills being unusable
- Blackboard inc. - a company which has used software patents against education projects
External links
- Discussion paper by European Schoolnet / Insight, December 2004
- BBC: Patent battle over teaching tools, August 2006 regarding Blackboard inc.
