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Is this a reasonable middle ground? All software covered by a patent must have the source publicly available.
by jfarmer 17y ago
Is this a reasonable middle ground? All software covered by a patent must have the source publicly available.
- scotty79 17y agoAll software that someone wants to be protected by copyright should have source code publicly available. That would be exact equivalent of standard patents. If you publish all the details of your invention you get temporary monopoly on manufacturing it's copies. If not then you get no protection.