# Software patents

`kaal:entity:software-patents`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `software-patents`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3808859-023](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-023) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Courts expanded software patentability without proof that it would increase innovation, and the result was that corporations filed and acquired thousands of software patents used to strategically undermine competitor projects.
  > What makes things worse, courts decided to increase the protections for software despite lacking proof that additional patentability of software would increase the level of innovation.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859
- [3808859-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808859-024) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Expanded patentability chills open source contribution because developers fear inadvertent infringement yet typically lack the knowledge and skills to determine whether their contribution infringes an existing software patent.
  > As a result of the accelerating patentability of open source solutions, developers increasingly fear they could inadvertently infringe patents during the open source development process.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization – Why We Need Technology Infrastructure Upgrades (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808859

## Verify

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    curl -s https://wulfkaal.github.io/entities/software-patents.md | sha256sum

**Canonical form.** This markdown file is the canonical hashed representation of this entity node. Its sha256 is the content hash.