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...bald patentieren sie die Art wie ein Programmierer Code zu schreiben hat. Oder noch besser; sie Patentieren OOP, wär doch auch mal witzig ... nicht!

Hierzu mal eine kurze Anekdote von Richard Feynman aus der Nukleartechnik:

What had happened was, during the war, at Los Alamos, there was a very nice fella in charge of the patent office for the government, named Captain Smith. Smith sent around a notice to everybody that said something like, “We in the patent office would like to patent every idea you have for the United States government[...]"

I see Smith at lunch, and as we’re walking back to the technical area, I say to him, “That note you sent around: That’s kind of crazy to have us come in and tell you every idea.”
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“Example: nuclear reactor … under water.. water goes in … steam goes out the other side … Pshshshsht–it’s a submarine. Or: nuclear reactor … air comes rushing in the front… heated up by nuclear reaction … out the back it goes … Boom! Through the air — it’s an airplane. Or: nuclear reactor.. you have hydrogen go through the thing … Zoom! — it’s a rocket. Or: nuclear reactor … only instead of using ordinary uranium, you use enriched uranium with beryllium oxide at high temperature to make it more efficient … It’s an electrical power plant. There’s a million ideas!” I said, as I went out the door.
Nothing happened.
About three months later, Smith calls me in the office and says, “Feynman, the submarine has already been taken. But the other three are yours.”