jenbanim on Nostr: With #Nintendo suing #Palworld for using their patents, I think now is a good time to ...
With #Nintendo suing #Palworld for using their patents, I think now is a good time to bring up how stupid software patents are
This is NOT the same as copyright. Software patents are for ideas, not code
Software patents are why only Bandai Namco games were allowed to have minigames during loading screens until 2015. They're the reason why no one can use a nemesis system today like Shadow of Mordor did in 2014
They make competition worse and harm consumers - the opposite of the intended result
This is NOT the same as copyright. Software patents are for ideas, not code
Software patents are why only Bandai Namco games were allowed to have minigames during loading screens until 2015. They're the reason why no one can use a nemesis system today like Shadow of Mordor did in 2014
They make competition worse and harm consumers - the opposite of the intended result