"The Electronic Frontier Foundation announced a new initiative on Tuesday to seek reform of the United States patent system. But conspicuously missing from the list is the most direct and obvious way to solve the problem: exclude software from patent protection altogether."
Nice little gloss on the TAL take on software patenting.
"The Global Responsibility License (GRL) makes it easier for patent holders to make a significant contribution to aiding vulnerable populations in the poorest countries because it is a modular license, created specifically for the use of IP for development purposes."
IV response to TAL piece critical of IV. Summary: "Haters gonna hate."
This is absolutely worth the hour. Intellectual Ventures really is that bad.