WHY ABOLISH SOFTWARE PATENTS

Blocking innovation

Patents lead to a lack of international software standards, creating unnecessary incompatibility

Leading to extraordinary costs

Litigation for patent infringement is unsustainable for small companies and individuals

Harming developers’ freedom of expression

Programmers are at risk of infringing a software patent each time they write code

Software progress happens without patents

Contrary to what patent advocates say, economic studies have shown that patents have not contributed to software progress

Software is math

Software is inherently algorithmic; patents cannot cover abstract concepts

Software should be free

Patents are completely incompatible with the four essential freedoms of users



STATE THAT YOUR PROJECT IS PATENT-FREE

Are you a software developer? Let your users know that you are Innovating Without Patents.

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