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The licenses that you are thinking of, are all related to copyright, not patents. Patents are a completely different beast. I personally think that patents hav

• RangerScience 9y ago
  I know of at least two things that I think are pretty reasonable and (probably) patentable: Apollo Diamond's vapor deposition process, and those north/south printable magnets. That said, I think I broadly agree with you about software patents; one reason why is that they're the glitter of intellectual property. If you buy an Apollo diamond or one of those magnets, the use, possession, modification, etc of those items are not covered by the patents on the diamond (AFAIK, IANAL). With software patents, it seems to be the case that the "final product" IS covered by the patents. This seems like it makes the presence of two separate categories pretty damn clear.
• jeremyjh 9y ago
  The Apache license has had patent clauses for more than a decade. http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Patent_clauses_in_software_licences#Apache_License_2.0 http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Patent_clauses_in_software_licences...
• abritinthebay 9y ago
  > I personally think that patents have no place in contemporary society Amend that to Software Patents and... I'm basically with you. Generally I think they are useful as a concept but I think they've become a bloated mess.
• maaaats 9y ago
  No, I explicitly mentioned Apache because it has patent clauses.