[philh]

Right now we have some number of people who wish software patents did not exist but hold them anyway. And we have some number of people who are happy that software patents exist.

My guess is the second set are causing all the problems, and that even if everybody in the first set decided to give up their competitive advantage based on their principles, the world would not be a significantly better place.

[ZeroGravitas]

What about the set of people/corporations who are happy that they legally own the rights to patents granted on the basis of the intellectual work of people who wish software patents did not exist?