tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596315535957806188.post2904152183929213308..comments2023-05-08T10:53:24.639-05:00Comments on Canuck Consultant: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished – Dangers of Community DevelopmentCanuckConsultanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249724879884037252noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596315535957806188.post-12839064037370277682010-02-21T09:58:27.548-06:002010-02-21T09:58:27.548-06:00I feel somewhat ashamed of the patents I received ...I feel somewhat ashamed of the patents I received when I was a young developer. The company I worked for really promoted our writing them and we threw our shoulders into it dutifully like good, young lads. But many corporations use these algorithm-oriented patents in really predatory and frankly unethical ways, IMO. I agree wholeheartedly that many of these patents read more like software specifications than they do inventions. The problem is the broad application claims that some of these companies make. An ANI-based caller-id solution (not invention) in a now primitive telephone network has little to do with the means by which a simple invocation of a database query can be injected into a call event pipeline on a modern telephony-enabled operating system. And what is Cequint going to sue for? Damages? The guy posted the application for free. When that patent was written, probably in 1995 to have been awarded in 1997, nobody could have envisioned an ecosystem whereby some average, lone developer could distribute then seemingly advanced technology to millions of people with the click of a button. And that the engineering of that solution would be so simple. So is it google's fault for enabling this developer to commit the heinous act of violating Cequint's patent? Maybe they should try to sue google instead. Good luck with that one, fellas.W. Kevin Hazzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11197834169312774415noreply@blogger.com