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modeless on July 25, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Angry Birds Maker Sued for Patent Violation

Patent protection has fueled the growth of open source? That's the funniest thing I've read all year.

tzs on July 25, 2011 [–]

Then you should get a copy of the full brief and read it, as you'll probably get a good laugh from more of it, like where they say software patents encourage the adoption of standards on the web and net.

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