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Patents?
by kemitchell 6y ago
Patents?
- anaganisk 6y agoHumble doubt: Are they applicable on non-commercial and open source uses too? Can patents prevent that?
- kemitchell 6y agoYes. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/271 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/271
- southerntofu 6y agoIt really depends on your legislation, and also how much you allow yourself to be governed by unjust legislation. For example people like Rhizomatica are building internet / cellphone infrastructure on a free-software stack without (to my knowledge) caring at all about patents (good). On the other side of the world Freifunk community network in Germany has in i believe illegal activities to protect their users, and have fought up to the supreme court for that. Sorry i can't really provide a source as i don't speak german but it has something to do with secondary liability. So overall, please never let anyone dictate all the good you should do. Especially not lawmakers and lawyers.
- TobTobXX 6y agoThis? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk#Legal_Issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk#Legal_Issues Terrifying.
- southerntofu 6y agoThat's probably it. However i'm not from germany and don't speak german so please don't take my word for it.
- teddyh 6y agoOh my yes: http://endsoftpatents.org/ http://endsoftpatents.org/
- ng55QPSK 6y agoI'm part of 5G research and you would find my name on some 5G patents (and on 4G and 3G ... which means i do this now for long time). Actually depending on the local law (EU here) usage is usage. Most patent holders (i.e. the mobile communication industry, think Qualcomm, Ericssion, Huawei, Intel, Nokia, Operators etc.) don't enforce patents on non-commercial activities. If you make money with standards that have patents applied there are licensing schemes.