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Fedora 9 to remove pointers to proprietary codecsFedora 9 to remove pointers to proprietary codecsPosted Mar 23, 2008 4:33 UTC (Sun) by zlynx (subscriber, #2285)In reply to: Fedora 9 to remove pointers to proprietary codecs by vonbrand Parent article: Fedora 9 to remove pointers to proprietary codecs
Well, IANAL, but as I understand it, possession of the source code or binary code that implements a patented algorithm is not illegal. How could it be, since the program is merely an accurate description-which is exactly what a patent application is supposed to be-of the process in question? The alternative is plainly ridiculous, because if an accurate description is a patent violation, then as soon as computer language processing becomes capable of processing patent application language, every document in the patent office becomes either a violation or an invalid patent if it does not accurately describe the process. It only becomes a patent violation when executed on computer hardware, as the algorithm+computer execution is what is actually patented. A site distributing the binary code might be accused of somehow contributing to patent violations I suppose.
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