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m (External links: * [http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20071101145010612 Telling the Truth About Software Patents and Innovation], by Andy Updegrove)
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Software patents stiffle innovation.

Software innovation happens without patents

Free software such as the GNU/Linux operating system were developed without patents. Free software includes a lot of innovation, so software innovation clearly doesn't depend on patents. Not only does software innovation happens without patents, but it actually happens better without patents.

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