4 ms·You can hold the copyright on the code but still have no rights for the patents used therein.by mrich 14y agoYou can hold the copyright on the code but still have no rights for the patents used therein.ojbyrne 14y agoActually now that you phrased it that way, it makes total sense. The fact that the source of the code and the IP is the same made it seem bizarre.kristianc 14y agoThink Skype faced a similar scenario to this a few years back.