A software patent is a 20-year monopoly on the use of a feature in a computer programm. When a company has a patent on nested menus, a video format, or pinch-to-zoom, then no one else can implement that feature for 20 years unless they guet permisssion from the patent holder. Computer programms typically contain hundreds or thousands of features, and many features that users expect, are patented.
The End Software Patens campaign is against software monopolies, and for software development.
We hope to use SMS in the future for organicing.
