Patent yasalari ve getirebilecekleri
Burada, patent yasasinin acik kodlu özgür yazilimlari nasil etkileyecegi
sorulmus.
Protestoya katilan önemli sitelerden biri olan VIM editörünün resmi web
sitesinden ( http://www.vim.org/ ) bir alinti:
"Will VIM still be free next year?
There is a big chance that some company gets a software patent on a
method that is being used in the Vim source code. And then starts a
legal battle to stop the distribution of Vim or wants money for the
distribution of Vim (which would have the same effect, since nobody pays
for Vim).
Even though there might be a big chance to win the battle in court, the
cost of lawyers will be so high that the company probably wins by default.
Until recently this idea could have been put off as fantasy. The battle
that SCO started shows it's real. And software patents will give a
company plenty of chances to start a legal battle, because the legal
stuff involved is much more complicated than for copyrights. You can
find an interesting article that connects the SCO case and software patents
here: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-5067526.html";
Yani burada mesele kod üzerindeki haklardan falan cikmis durumda. Patent
yasalari cok daha keskin hukuki olusumlar
ve birisi kalkip da "ben böyle bir teknik icin patenti aldim aaa ne
tesadüf sen de programinda böyle bir teknik
kullanmissin" diyebilir. Dikkat ederseniz birebir kaynak koddan degil,
teknikten, yöntemden falan bahsediyorum.
Kaldi ki bir kere size dava acildiktan sonra eger davayi acan sizden
daha zengin birisi ise ve sizin de hukuki anlamda
buna karsi mücadele etmek icin yeterli paraniz yoksa bastan kaybetmeye
mahkum oluyorsunuz genellikle.
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