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So presumably he's filed for a patent on this technique? Selecting text on a computer should not be patentable. But I bet it probably is because of how stupid
by wavephorm 14y ago
So presumably he's filed for a patent on this technique?
Selecting text on a computer should not be patentable. But I bet it probably is because of how stupid the patent system is.
- lukifer 14y agoIt's a shame there are so many legal costs and constraints to applying for patents; we badly need a patent equivalent to copyleft.
- schiffern 14y agoWe do. It's called the GPLv3.
- lukifer 14y agoHave there ever been any court cases where patents have been invalidated or upheld based on any flavor of existing copyleft licenses? And is there any way to apply GPL to the kind of broad concepts which are successfully patented ("One Click Purchase", as opposed to "OnceClickFramework::BuyNowFunction")?