Question ID:PT17 S3 Q3 Passage:The current move to patent computer programs is a move in the wrong direction and should be stopped. The patent system was originally designed solely to protect small-time inventors from exploitation, not to give large corporations control over a methodology. Any computer program is merely the implementation of a methodology. Stem:Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends? Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:Computer programs should be developed not only by large corporations but by small-time inventors as well. Choice B:Implementing a methodology always requires less creative effort than does true invention. Choice C:The issue of whether or not to patent computer programs presents the patent system with problems that have never before arisen. Choice D:Large corporations should not hold patents for implementations of methodologies. Choice E:Small-time inventors who support the move to patent computer programs act contrary to their own best interests.