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Wow, so the plaintiffs have a patent on checking with a server to determine if your software is licensed. "devices that require communication with a server to
by MysticFear 14y ago
Wow, so the plaintiffs have a patent on checking with a server to determine if your software is licensed.
"devices that require communication with a
server to perform a license check to prevent the unauthorized use of said application, including,
but not limited to, Mindcraft."
- DanBC 14y agoThe patent is a little bit more complex than that. But yes, it appears to be a "thing that exists, but with online stuff added". This form of tweaking, taking an existing idea and adding a trivial modification and being able to get a patent is harmful.