Many object to U.S. patent laws that allow patenting of software. Critics argue that software patent stifle innovation and that the open source model is a better approach. However, Martin Fink, Vice President of HP was quoted in Today’s NYTimes with words that will resonate with entrepreneurs who are hoping to make money from their software:
It’s fine to object to software patents, but it’s foolhardy not to try to acquire them.
Fink is an open source advocate, but also a realist.