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Humble doubt: Are they applicable on non-commercial and open source uses too? Can patents prevent that?

• kemitchell 6y ago
  Yes. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/271 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/271
• southerntofu 6y ago
  It 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 ago
    This? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk#Legal_Issues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freifunk#Legal_Issues Terrifying.
    • southerntofu 6y ago
      That'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 ago
  Oh my yes: http://endsoftpatents.org/ http://endsoftpatents.org/