Ignacio@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoTell Congress: Don't Allow The Return Of The Worst Patentsact.eff.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarePixxlMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoLinux isn’t a patentable thing. It’s not one idea or even really a new one. I agree with your premise though. Patents, in nearly all cases, suck.
minus-squareluchs@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoPatents have been an issue for Linux before. For example, memory deduplication (KSM) was delayed and modified to avoid a patent on using hashes for this purpose, resulting in a potentially inferior implementation due to patents.
Linux isn’t a patentable thing. It’s not one idea or even really a new one. I agree with your premise though. Patents, in nearly all cases, suck.
Patents have been an issue for Linux before. For example, memory deduplication (KSM) was delayed and modified to avoid a patent on using hashes for this purpose, resulting in a potentially inferior implementation due to patents.