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That's rather naive. > European Patents Office (EPO) grants software patents by declaring them as "computer implemented inventions". from https://fsfe.org/act
by jb1991 4y ago
That's rather naive.
> European Patents Office (EPO) grants software patents by declaring them as "computer implemented inventions".
from https://fsfe.org/activities/swpat/swpat.en.html https://fsfe.org/activities/swpat/swpat.en.html
- speedgoose 4y agoYes they are shady but the law is simple. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_the_European_Patent_Convention https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_the_E... For example, Ffmpeg or VLC exist because they are based in France. Check the paragraph about patents: https://www.videolan.org/legal.html https://www.videolan.org/legal.html
- vasili111 4y ago>For example, Ffmpeg or VLC exist because they are based in France. Check the paragraph about patents: https://www.videolan.org/legal.html https://www.videolan.org/legal.html Those two are free open source software, not proprietary commercial.
- speedgoose 4y agoWhat’s the difference from a patent point of view? I’d you want a commercial company using VLC of ffmpeg, you have https://videolabs.io/ https://videolabs.io/