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>I wonder the motivations of the last 6%

People in corporate take pride in IP. The number of patents a team has applied for is a measure of its success.

As a proponent of foss, I believe software patents hinder development, because it makes the work I do difficult.

But people working in 'corporate' IT see it as a reward for their work.

I am sure many of them celebrated the recent World IP day and made plans to apply for more patents.



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