As more and more good ideas come under the protection of patents, it may become increasingly unlikely that any one program can incorporate the state of the art in user-interface design without sinking into a quagmire of unending royalty payments and legal battles.


Programming as if People Mattered (1991)


As more and more good ideas come under the protection of patents, it may become increasingly unlikely that any one program can incorporate the state...

As more and more good ideas come under the protection of patents, it may become increasingly unlikely that any one program can incorporate the state...

As more and more good ideas come under the protection of patents, it may become increasingly unlikely that any one program can incorporate the state...

As more and more good ideas come under the protection of patents, it may become increasingly unlikely that any one program can incorporate the state...