Re: [Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>] Re: Debian & BSD concerns
"Brimhall, GeoffreyX L" <geoffreyx.l.brimhall@intel.com> writes:
Can free software be patented, or are the two concepts mutually exclusize.
It sounds like they are: patenting protects the "concept" of the software,
and the "free software" part is the licensing on the patented software.
You could patent something and license it (free) for use only in free
software. That's one way to encourage development of free software, I
suppose.
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