Talk:List of software patents

US patent #4405829
This one is expired for some time. Please update your list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.2.96.193 (talk) 14:30, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't really matter whether it has expired on not. This is an historical list, not a news item. GDallimore (Talk) 15:46, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

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The Hashgraph atomic broadcast algorithm
The algorithm as explained in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashgraph is patented under U.S. laws. It is a basic example of how software patents hinder technological development in hole branches of research. It might be the first example where the patent actually covers a computational principle rather then an actual algorithm. The principle is"virtual voting to achieve consensus by local to global views in p2p networks". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.120.29.43 (talk) 19:54, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Should have been deleted rather than renamed
I noticed that the article was renamed from "List of notorious software patents" to "List of software patents." I don't think the wording was the issue per se, I think the purpose of the article was the issue. Change the wording, it's just more confusing. Purpose doesn't change. Should have been deleted. Randomly listing patent numbers in a bulleted list with no explanation is not helpful. --Nidaana (talk) 04:48, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

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