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What peculiar semantics

What peculiar semantics

Posted Oct 31, 2012 0:36 UTC (Wed) by JanC_ (guest, #34940)
In reply to: What peculiar semantics by njwhite
Parent article: Airlie: raspberry pi drivers are NOT useful

All of them are afraid that they are probably unknowingly using some patented technology (they can't check a zillion patents), and opening up would make a lawsuit about that more likely...

So yes, patents are having the opposite effect as to what they were intended for.


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