You know what, maybe we could put them all on a list. We can name that list after a color. We will all promise not to hire anyone on the list unless they are willing to tell us more names to add to our list. Who cares if we hurt some innocent people along the way or destroy someone's career for an act they committed 20 years ago? At least we will be able to weed out any people with politics we disagree with.
In reality, neither the employees nor the employers deserve the blame. It is misguided laws that allow and even encourage this type of behavior. As the old saying goes, don't hate the player hate the game.
I agree with this. I might get some flack, but.....if you don't file the patent then someone else likely will. Morality points are great and all, but at the end of the day you're going to lose out to the company which "beat" you to it and will now attempt to collect royalties on you.
In a perfect world, no one would file software patents. Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world. Pretending like we do will simply burn you later.
So no, I'm not in favor of software patents but I think it's ignorant to act like ignoring them solves the problem.
In reality, neither the employees nor the employers deserve the blame. It is misguided laws that allow and even encourage this type of behavior. As the old saying goes, don't hate the player hate the game.