Marcus,
You wrote:
If all you care about is your personal freedom, you might be fine with the current developments in patent law. However, I have extreme reservations about your judgement of what is good and not good for the society if you only value your own freedom and not that of others. For example the freedom
I think you are being extremely unfair here. You make a value judgment about today's society regarding software patents. I respect that, but I make a different judgment. I can only tell you how I view the world and whether I am happy with the world.
Now you make it sound as if I am a completely selfish arrogant bastard who is incapable of caring about anyone but himself. I don't think I deserve that. I have different opinions than you, but that does not make me an evil person.
So, I am not going to continue our discussion here because I feel it is pointless. We are incapable of appreciating each other's arguments, and I do not like participating in a debate where it is fair game to insult your opponent.
Kind regards,
Arnoud Engelfriet