Not exactly concerning liberty, but it does concern the disturbing trend towards patenting software, a practice I abhor. Nomadix marketing director said the company wouldn't pursue legal battle over the patent, so my next question then is: Why bother patenting it if you're not planning on protecting it via the legal system?

Hot-spot developer wins log-in patent - News - ZDNet

For more information on why software patents are evil, check out the League for Programming Freedom's web page.