This is a brief follow up to the earlier post on not fearing/feeding patent trolls. I wanted to see the mention frequency for patent trolls measured against open source software and software patents. The chart is below and self explanatory. Social media tends to drive our opinions as the the current state of IP. However, the empirical evidence tells a differs story.
Clearly, the story of innovation is being driven by open-source technologies. While software patents exists, the percentage of mind share they occupy pales in comparison to open source.
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