Joi has a terrific post on why he, as a venture capitalist, is glad Europe rejected the software patent directive. Snippet:

I personally believe that software patents are primarily the tool of large companies with portfolios of patents which they cross-license with each other. Generally, it serves to keep competition out of the market and allows those with patents to push those without patents around or cut them out of markets entirely.

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