title: It is time to end the patenting of software.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quackenbush
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Salzberg
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D010330:Patents as Topic; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*