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> Open-source and hobbyist developers like myself are going to avoid anything involving patents. Do open-source and hobbyist developers really care about paten
by qwerty456127 3y ago
> Open-source and hobbyist developers like myself are going to avoid anything involving patents.
Do open-source and hobbyist developers really care about patents? I would rather think that's only the case when they plan to commercialize.
- btown 3y agoGiven that people have been sued for patent infringement for merely using office scanners [0], patent encumbrance is absolutely a chilling effect even for hobbyists. [0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/patent-trolls-want-1000-for-using-scanners/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/patent-trolls-wa...
- LoganDark 3y agoNobody will ever know I exist, so I'm fine.
- speedgoose 3y agoDevelopers living in places with no software patents and with no plans to go on markets with software patents don't care. See ffmpeg or VLC for example.
- JohnFen 3y agoFor projects that I'm unlikely to share with others, I don't care about patents (and I'm not legally required to care about them). For others, I do care and go to reasonable lengths to avoid infringing on any.