[kevingranade]

No one seems to have picked up on the strategic impact of the proposal, it neatly excludes many of the more sympathetic pro-patent entities from the picture, in particular the pharmaceutical industry and hardware manufacturers. They needn't bother to oppose it, because it has no effect on them, whereas they may oppose further barriers to granting patents on principle just in case it affects them.

Personally I'm not extremely in favor, as I'm anti-patent/copyright in general, but it makes sense for someone whose primary goal is software freedom.