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It's hard to claim that SW engineers are against SW patents since ICs are responsible for submitting and helping to complete the vast, vast, vast majority of the patents filed by big tech.

As with a bunch of the sketchy-as-hell "tech" businesses, a lot of tech people have zero moral compass if it makes them an additional $.

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I agree with the principle of your argument, but not with "zero moral compass". You may have a moral compass that goes against software patents in general, but it would require a very strong one to sacrifice your ability to advance your career and your family's quality of life on this altar.

There are financial and career incentives for filing patents. Filing a patent, and being against software patents in principle, are perfectly compatible. Like proponents of FOSS using proprietary software.

Okay, so they made the claim that nearly every software engineer is against it. What is the proof?

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