Z:gnu-www-ja-danger-of-software-patents--933e43-Now imagine that it's 1800 and/en

Now imagine that it's 1800 and you're Beethoven, and you want to write a symphony. You're going to find it's much harder to write a symphony you don't get sued for than to write one that sounds good, because you have to thread your way around all the patents that exist. If you complained about this, the patent holders would say, &ldquo;Oh, Beethoven, you're just jealous because we had these ideas first. Why don't you go and think of some ideas of your own?&rdquo;