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Free software licenses have to do with copyright law, not patent law. And the only major change in copyright law in the last few decades was the Digital Millenn
by justinlardinois 11y ago
Free software licenses have to do with copyright law, not patent law. And the only major change in copyright law in the last few decades was the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which isn't super relevant to the issues in free software.
- voaie 11y agoOh yes, thank you. I always relate free software to patent trolls, because software patents have huge impact on software development. When I relate GPL to Creative Commons, I mean they are good role models for defending legal rights and interests.