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Software patents, in particular, are very ripe for abuse. The whole system encourages big corporations getting thousands and thousands of patents. Individuals almost never get them.

The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today.

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria.

Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent.

Patent monopoly creates a lot of problems. It allows the patentee to charge the maximum to consumers. This may not be a problem if the patented product is a luxury item, like parts that go into a smartphone, but can violate basic human rights if it involves things such as life-saving drugs.

People are getting patents on things that are too general.

If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs.

Patents are basically rights to try and develop a commercial product.

Making money from enforcing patents is no more wrong than investing in preferred stock.