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Bernstein's Continued Progress in Crypto Suit
corz writes "On October 18 Daniel J. Bernstein went back to court in his battle with the government over cryptography regulations. From his post to the export mailing list: 'Department of Justice attorney Tony Coppolino told the court that the government would not enforce the regulations against cryptographers working together at conferences. He also told the court that the government would treat "assembly language" as source code.' What does this mean for us? Wired News has more."
As far as I know, there is nothing in patent legislation that prevents one from publishing papers which describe a patented process or algorithm.
No, but if you're profiting off someone else's patent infringement you're guilty of contributory patent infringement.
So, if it is held that source code is the same as speech, then would non-binary distributed open source programs be free from patent suits?/i>
Same thing with software. If you run the software you're guilty of patent infringement. If you sell someone the software so that they can run it, you're guilty of contributory patent infringement. Source code vs. binary doesn't matter.