There are only two real incentives that we, as a society, have to grant patent protection.  One is to ensure that inventors have a fair chance to recoup their R&amp;D investment.  The other is to offer an alternative to trade secrets, where innovative insights are hidden from the rest of us, potentially forever, by a single proprietor.<p>Obviously, neither of these applies here.  There is absolutely no reason for us to grant patent protection to f.lux.  This is so &quot;patently&quot; obvious that the burden of proof falls on those who would argue otherwise.