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[โ€“] Petter1@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That seems a bit more easy to get around. It is still crazy to think that you have to check your whole game design against that many patents ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] drmoose@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

it's stupid. I'm convinced that people who oversee software patents don't even know what's a computer.

[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

Of course they do! It's those weird white boxes that nerdy nerds nerd about with numbers and shit

[โ€“] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

More than likely.
And then you have people like Albert Einstein that worked in the patent office.
(Obviously not software)