MPEG is developing a new format for genomic data, which will be patented, and probably off-limits in the free world for 20 years.

We should campaign for rejection of that format.

The author thinks that some computational-idea patents might be legitimate. The reasons they are all harmful is that they create a form of gridlock — and that they usually exclude free software, since the developer must pay license fee per user. (We don't know how many users our programs have.)

Therefore, we should protect the entire software field from the threat of patents.

The author says he is not against "commercialisation" of software. Interpreting the term precisely, neither am I. I am not against profiting from software, as long as it respects users freedom (it is free/libre software). However, nothing can justify a program that takes away freedom from whoever uses it.