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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
@darryl: Yes, current system is not very suitable. Proposed changes of removing basically all rights and allow everything as long as it is "clean-roomed" is the other extreme that is not going to fly ever.
Not sure what the middle ground is, maybe leave as is and remove the API from protection. Maybe the Supreme Court will surprise us and set precedent for Google and against Oracle. That would be a good start.
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One can hope.
A lot of the current problem in the US goes back to the US patent office throwing up it's hands and saying "I give up, we'll grant even the flimsiest patent and leave it to the courts to sort out" back in the 70's if I remember correctly. If I remember correctly, software patents in the US was the camel's nose in the tent, i.e. it started as software in conjunction with a mechanical device and just kept pushing the envelope.