Z:gnu-www-ja-limit-patent-effect--88aef9-The US patent system doesn't l/en

The US patent system doesn't label patents to say this one's a &ldquo;software patent&rdquo; and that one isn't. Software developers are the ones who make a distinction between the patents that threaten us&mdash;those that cover ideas that can be implemented in software&mdash;and the rest. For example, if the patented idea is the shape of a physical structure or a chemical reaction, no program can implement that idea; that patent doesn't threaten the software field. But if the idea that's patented is a computation, that patent's barrel points at software developers and users.