Z:gnu-www-ja-danger-of-software-patents--637120-But even in economic terms, th/en

But even in economic terms, the system is self-defeating, because its purpose is supposed to be to promote progress. Supposedly by creating this artificial incentive for people to publish ideas, it's going to help the field progress. But all it does is the exact opposite, because the big job in software is not coming up with ideas, it's implementing thousands of ideas together in one program. And software patents obstruct that, so they're economically self-defeating.