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> Have you ever read a math/CS paper that attempts to dictate a license on all future work based on the algorithms That's a patent, and I do think that there e
by wodenokoto 6y ago
> Have you ever read a math/CS paper that attempts to dictate a license on all future work based on the algorithms
That's a patent, and I do think that there exists papers that describes patented algorithms.
TFA seems to think that their algorithms is patented by the GPL license
- oefrha 6y agoYes, that’s a subtlety that my original comment didn’t address. However, even patents can’t be licensed in perpetuity, so they can’t possibly apply to all future work. GPL on the other hand doesn’t have an expiry date. In addition, there’s no implicit patent, you have to apply in every jurisdiction where you want to protect your idea, and IIRC in most jurisdictions you either can’t retroactively apply for a patent after you’ve published the idea, or you only have a short period after publishing before the right is forfeited.
- majewsky 6y ago> GPL on the other hand doesn’t have an expiry date. Of course it does. 70 years (or was it 95?) after the death of the author, like for any copyrighted work.