Re: Simple solution
"Patents are evil" yes. But "engineers should be allowed to own them"... wtf? Hell no. Patents are evil remember. The concept should be removed from IP law entirely.
No. We are perfectly happy with Patents.
We are not happy with software patents, which are only actually granted in a handful of countries such as the US, having been banned pretty much everywhere else because the idea as practiced in the USA is insane.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
