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0 pointsrunn1ng11y ago0 comments

The case doesn't touch patent law in the slightest, if I understand it correctly, though.

(I am not saying the DoJ opinion is good in any regards whatsoever, to be clear)

0 pointsrunn1ng11y ago0 comments

The case doesn't touch patent law in the slightest, if I understand it correctly, though.

(I am not saying the DoJ opinion is good in any regards whatsoever, to be clear)

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mark-r11y ago· 4 in thread

No, but it adds copyright trolls to the mix. At least you can count on patents to expire eventually, copyrights are forever in software years.

rayiner11y ago

The key distinction is, of course, you can't infringe copyright by accident. If you build your platform on someone else's proprietary API, without their permission, then can you really complain when you get sued?

ambrice11y ago

So, wine (the windows emulator) should be illegal?

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AnimalMuppet11y ago

Patents are forever in software years. Copyrights are longer than that.

mark-r11y ago

I think of patents as being a lifetime, not forever.

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