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If we're going to be moderate about this, the source code should need to be public and open sourced after the term of the patent expires.
by padobson 14y ago
If we're going to be moderate about this, the source code should need to be public and open sourced after the term of the patent expires.
- JackC 14y agoI think that's probably covered by this: "Patent applicants should be required to provide an example of running software code for each claim in the patent and tell the Patent Office which claims are covered by which lines of that code." The reference implementation in the patent itself would almost certainly be public domain once the patent expired.