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0 pointsrunn1ng10y 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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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.

rayiner10y 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?

ambrice10y ago

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

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AnimalMuppet10y ago

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

mark-r10y ago

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

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0 pointsrunn1ng10y 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-r10y ago

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.

rayiner10y ago

ambrice10y ago

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

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AnimalMuppet10y ago

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

mark-r10y ago

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

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