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The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe (www.theverge.com)
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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Ugh, nothing "intuitive" should ever be patentable. Can you imagine if "horizontally-ruled paper" was patented? Or "handles on cooking pans," "shirts with two sleeves," or anything of that sort?

Like, why should anyone have to avoid an obvious feature just because someone else did it first? It's insane.

Also, FOSS projects and non-profits should be exempted from patent restrictions.