Z:gnu-www-ja-stallman-mec-india--24f324-=3Cb=3EA=3C/b=3E: Not really. What yo/en

A: Not really. What you'll find is that, that aspect of the relationship between the employee and the business is something that gets negotiated; and the business has more clout, so they are always going to end up arranging to have the employee hand the patent to the company. The other thing is that it doesn't make a big difference who owns the patent. The point is that you are prohibited from developing a program using that idea, and it may make some difference precisely who has the power to sue you. But what you really want is not to be sued at all. So why look for a half-measure like this? It's much better just to say that software shouldn't have patents.