The Danger of Software Patents
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"The Danger of Software Patents" is an essay by Richard Stallman warning that software patents threaten innovation, restrict programmers' freedom, and endanger the development and distribution of free software.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Danger of Software Patents canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T497705 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Danger of Software Patents Context triple: [Free Software, Free Society, hasPart, The Danger of Software Patents]
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A.
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is a seminal book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that explores how software code functions as a form of regulation shaping behavior and governance in the digital world.
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B.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.
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C.
Technical Corrections to the Bayh–Dole Act
Technical Corrections to the Bayh–Dole Act is a legislative measure that refined and clarified the original Bayh–Dole Act’s provisions governing the ownership and commercialization of inventions arising from federally funded research.
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D.
W3C patent policy
The W3C patent policy is a framework that governs how patents are handled in World Wide Web Consortium standards to promote royalty-free, interoperable web technologies.
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E.
Software is eating the world
"Software is eating the world" is a famous thesis by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen arguing that software-driven companies are transforming and dominating nearly every traditional industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Danger of Software Patents Target entity description: "The Danger of Software Patents" is an essay by Richard Stallman warning that software patents threaten innovation, restrict programmers' freedom, and endanger the development and distribution of free software.
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A.
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is a seminal book by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig that explores how software code functions as a form of regulation shaping behavior and governance in the digital world.
-
B.
The Cathedral and the Bazaar
The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a highly influential essay and book on open-source software development that contrasts centralized, top-down programming models with decentralized, collaborative approaches.
-
C.
Technical Corrections to the Bayh–Dole Act
Technical Corrections to the Bayh–Dole Act is a legislative measure that refined and clarified the original Bayh–Dole Act’s provisions governing the ownership and commercialization of inventions arising from federally funded research.
-
D.
W3C patent policy
The W3C patent policy is a framework that governs how patents are handled in World Wide Web Consortium standards to promote royalty-free, interoperable web technologies.
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E.
Software is eating the world
"Software is eating the world" is a famous thesis by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen arguing that software-driven companies are transforming and dominating nearly every traditional industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay
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written work ⓘ |
| argument |
software ideas should not be patentable
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software patents are unnecessary because copyright already protects software code ⓘ software patents benefit large corporations over individual developers ⓘ software patents can be used to attack free software projects ⓘ software patents can block interoperable implementations ⓘ software patents create legal risks for programmers ⓘ software patents endanger the development of free software ⓘ software patents endanger the distribution of free software ⓘ software patents restrict programmers' freedom ⓘ software patents threaten innovation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Free Software Foundation
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GNU Project ⓘ |
| author | Richard Stallman ⓘ |
| criticizes |
broad and vague software patents
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patent system as applied to software ⓘ patent trolls in the software field ⓘ |
| genre |
political essay
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technology policy essay ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of intellectual property expansion
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pro–free software ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
free software advocates
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policy makers ⓘ software developers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
free software
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innovation in software ⓘ software freedom ⓘ software patents ⓘ |
| positionOnTopic | opposes software patents ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Free Software, Free Society
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The GNU Manifesto ⓘ |
| supports |
free software movement
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users' freedom to run, study, modify, and share software ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Danger of Software Patents Description of subject: "The Danger of Software Patents" is an essay by Richard Stallman warning that software patents threaten innovation, restrict programmers' freedom, and endanger the development and distribution of free software.
Referenced by (1)
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