Z:gnu-www-ja-stallman-mec-india--e88522-=3Cb=3EA=3C/b=3E: Well, the benefit is/en

A: Well, the benefit is that you don't have to be afraid someone will sue you, because of one of the ideas or a combination of ideas that you used in a program that you wrote. Basically software patents mean that if you write a program, somebody else might sue you and say &ldquo;you're not allowed to write that program.&rdquo; The benefit of not having software patents is you're safe from that.