Made up problem
Made up problem
Posted Jun 2, 2025 17:58 UTC (Mon) by smoogen (subscriber, #97)In reply to: Made up problem by zdzichu
Parent article: OpenH264 induces headaches for Fedora
Software patents cover more than 4% of the population these days... as many countries who have a statement that 'you can't patent software', will still issue patents and enforce them if enough caveats are added in. They may also recognize infringement of them because of treaties they have signed etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent#Jurisdictions
It is murky water for companies to tread in which is why most will avoid it as much as possible.
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