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During the BBS modem era there was a proper term for people who was only sucking out data from the system but not giving anything back they were called Leechers. Patent trolls are Leechers that pray on the true innovators in society and suck out money.

How come we allow and tolerate this type of software patents at all? Algorithms are similar to mathematics and mathematics you cannot patent because the next step builds on the previous one.

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