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We could just license the patents though, right? They have to license them for a fair price by law, so I don't see how this stops an open source computer. It's
by 3pt14159 8y ago
We could just license the patents though, right? They have to license them for a fair price by law, so I don't see how this stops an open source computer. It's not like we're getting the gold wafers for free.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y ago> They have to license them for a fair price by law What law would that be? A patent holder can set whatever terms they want. Standards orgs try to impose FRAND for their contributors but it is not legally binding.
- 3pt14159 8y agoIt's what my patent lawyer explained to me, but I may have misunderstood him. The impression he gave me was that if someone patented something super useful they couldn't simply ask for a trillion dollars to stop their competitors from using it.