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Miguel de Icaza

Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.

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Miguel de Icaza is saying that most software created nowadays probably uses ideas or methods that are already patented by someone else. This means developers often face legal risks because their work may unintentionally violate existing patents.

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