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Software patents are not valid everywhere, x264 is brought up by VideoLAN in France, where software patents don't apply like in the rest of the EU.
by realusername 6y ago
Software patents are not valid everywhere, x264 is brought up by VideoLAN in France, where software patents don't apply like in the rest of the EU.
- jacobush 6y agoThey sort of half not apply in Sweden too.
- anticensor 6y agoWhat do you mean by half valid?
- jacobush 6y agoSoftware patents are valid only if part of a larger invention, the algorithm itself cannot be patented. However, patent clerks have also from time to time registered algorithmic patents.
- pault 6y agoSo if a company in france writes open source software that infringes on a US software patent, and a company in the US bundles that source code in a product, is the US company liable for damages?
- pas 6y agoYes. The company distributing the work has to make sure it has licenses for any required parts.
- realusername 6y agoYes, that's exactly how it works, the US company is responsible for following the US laws.