I'd be offering free apps that users unlock via an in-app purchase right now if it weren't for Lodsys.
Software patents are a cancer and we all lose when somebody can come along and assert an obvious idea like this is theirs.
Software patents are a cancer and we all lose when somebody can come along and assert an obvious idea like this is theirs.
You work at a known patent troll? You're not working at my company if I get a say in it. Just because you are super smart and didn't have any say in the official business proceedings does not mean you don't take on responsibility.
It's quite cruel, but if the patent game doesn't change quickly enough, it is necessary. If you don't care enough about your corporate policies enough to quit, then you are an accomplice. These companies aren't scared of legal proceedings, they are included in projected budgets. The only time they will start caring is when no one intelligent will work for them.
Perhaps the only way to make these weapons useless is to make sure everyone is scared of holding them. Turn MAD into toxic containment.