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In many many jurisdictions, software is not patentable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent#Jurisdictions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent
by floatboth 9y ago
In many many jurisdictions, software is not patentable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent#Jurisdictions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent#Jurisdictions
You usually can get patents for "software-related inventions" but there's no huge "software patents" problem in most other places like there is in the US.
- ergo14 9y agoI'm perfectly aware of that software patents are not enforceable in country I live in as far as I can tell. At same time I work with companies across the globe so I have to at least think at possible implications of licenses.