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Is this patent US only? Could one take this code to produce a "EuroLinux" or "AsiaLinux"? Kind of like the "non-US" sections that used to be in Debian?
by 0x0 13y ago
Is this patent US only? Could one take this code to produce a "EuroLinux" or "AsiaLinux"? Kind of like the "non-US" sections that used to be in Debian?
- tephra 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protec...
- 0x0 13y agoBut http://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/313/are-us-software-patents-enforceable-in-the-uk http://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/313/are-us-softwa... ? (I thought software was considered unpatentable in many areas?)
- gsnedders 13y ago> enjoy in all the other countries of the Union, the advantages that their respective laws grant to nationals This implies that if a patent is filed in one place, then it is effectively filed in all countries of the Union, but one is still bound by the their respective laws, and therefore if they do not recognize your patent as valid then it is not valid in that country.
- mariuolo 13y agoI suppose the module could safely be hosted on non-US repositories.
- toomuchtodo 13y agoAt this point, damn near everything should be hosted on non-US repositories.