<story><title>EFF taking on software patent reform</title><url>http://defendinnovation.org</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>iwwr</author><text>EFF&apos;s position is too moderate. 5 year monopoly on software ideas? If not even the EFF is willing to take an unequivocal stance against software patents, the trolls and the system will keep their legitimacy.&lt;p&gt;We should not be afraid to take (seemingly) radical positions. Fear of offending the status quo is what keeps it in place. Not too long ago the idea of patenting a theorem or a gene was dubious; the moderates may only slow the tide, not push it back.</text></comment>
<story><title>EFF taking on software patent reform</title><url>http://defendinnovation.org</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>PeterisP</author><text>Wrong. EFF, this is not what we the members are asking - software patents should be abolished, not changed to &quot;acceptable&quot; terms.
It&apos;s just a boil-the-frog strategy. There are no conditions that would make software patents a good thing ethically and economically.</text></comment>