https://mandse.dk/en/tags/software-patents/ Recent content in Software Patents on Mandse™ Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 David Jack Wange Olrik Sat, 18 Dec 1999 11:32:13 +0100 https://mandse.dk/en/1999/12/18/say-no-to-software-patents/ Sat, 18 Dec 1999 11:32:13 +0100 https://mandse.dk/en/1999/12/18/say-no-to-software-patents/ <p>Since <a href="http://noamazon.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Amazon</a> isn&rsquo;t <a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/02/0915226.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">giving</a><a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/99/12/02/0915226.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">up</a> its ludicrous software patent I have decided to boycott them! As of today I have removed all links to <a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Amazon</a>! The reason for the boycott is because <a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Amazon</a> has filed filed suit against Barnes &amp; Noble over this ludicrous patent. These kind of patents threatens to put a halt on technological innovation and ruin the Internet for all of us. The technology that <a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Amazon</a> has patented, is their &lsquo;one-click ordering&rsquo; system <sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup>) which is a simple system based on cookies! To patent this would be like patenting &rsquo;the process of taking a credit card order over the phone. Stop typing <a href="http://www.noamazon.com/training.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Amazon</a></p>