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This is a huge powergrab by our industry - it is the only industry in the world that gets both patent and copyright protection. Think about it, you can patent
by ClumsyPilot 4y ago
This is a huge powergrab by our industry - it is the only industry in the world that gets both patent and copyright protection. Think about it, you can patent a car engine, but you cannot get copyright on it. You get copyright on a book, but you can't patent a book.
Also that's mostly US. By contrast, in Europe, software is generally not patentable.
- jononor 4y agoThe schematics, engineering drawings, 3d models, CAD files, process documentation etc for making a car engine (or anything else) are all copyright protected. So how exactly is software special?
- ClumsyPilot 4y agothat's very different - does not stop me copying a car engine and selling my knockoff. I can buy a car engine, modify it and sell my modification. Supplimentary documentation, and schematics are a separate matter - but engine itself is not protected. Software itself is protected, you can do nothing..