Software patents no bigger threat to Free Software

Software patents no bigger threat to Free Software

Posted Aug 12, 2004 9:10 UTC (Thu) by bignose (subscriber, #40)
In reply to: Software patents no bigger threat to Free Software by NRArnot
Parent article: Software patents no bigger threat to Free Software than to proprietary software

> If you write software as a private individual and make it available for
> other people to copy, I don't think you can be sued. You aren't infringing,
> because you aren't using the patented invention for gain.

Non sequitur. Just because other people are invited to freely share my code, doesn't mean I'm not making money off it.

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