Jimmy Carter - Still USA's Greatest President

So Jimmy Carter's Justice Department looked at addressing some of the problems of IPR...

Hidden in this story, however, is the key fact that demolishes the argument in favor of software patents: "the mid-90s." Before that, software patents were rare or nonexistent. And guess what: The era from 1950 through 1995 featured one of the most innovative and fruitful tech explosions in history. Billions of lines of software were produced, the world was transformed, and it was all done without patent protection.

But it was Reagan who got the new laws passed.  Even Thos. Jefferson, USA's #2 greatest president, got things wrong in his time, but in this case, just as Reagan got the credit for the benefits of Carter initiatives, it was Reagan who advanced the harm of patents for software.

All hail Jimmy Carter!

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