Face it, for every Eolas, there are at least four or five big tech companies that get license money from software patents, including Microsoft, IBM, and Adobe. The Business Software Alliance (to whom all the big players belong) bribed the Congress, FTC, and Patent Office to play things their way. Unless it becomes a burden to them, software patents will stay as they are, DMCA will still be around, and copyright law will favor companies who own the rights to long-deceased authors.
Get used to it.
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