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[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Seriously. Patent length was chosen before the industrial revolution. It only coincidentally made sense through that period of mechanization. But in computing, twenty-odd years is an eternity.

In 2000 there were no shaders.

In 1980 there were no IBM PCs.

In 1960 there were no microchips.

Why the fuck would any idea from when Pong was fresh and new deserve absolute control until after the Super Nintendo? There could be Dreamcast games with features that that nobody was allowed to do again until last year.

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