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What is the Right Patent Policy?

Posted by Cliff on from the if-it's-broke-fix-it dept.

Jeremy asks: "I am drafting a policy for my employer's patents and software. My employer is unwilling to do away with software patents altogether, but I believe that there are benefits in restricting our patents' enforcement. Comments on our draft of a policy and opinions on what the business advantages of both sides are greatly appreciated."

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  1. Overall by intermodal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Overall, it's decent. While I do have issues with the concept of software patents, this seems to grasp the basics of allowing free software to use it for free while non-free will have issues. IANAL, but one thing: If someone were to write GPLed software and it got included in a distribution like Red Hat, for example. How does this factor in?

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