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		snakeanus on April 30, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I realised “Free Software” is a better term th... Patents are cancer. Also, GPLv2 does not say anything about patents.

Nomentatus on April 30, 2017 [–]

Google implicit patent grant. Turns out it does. Just doesn't use the word. Re patents, how would you have James Watt raise money for his steam engine? It took long enough with the patent he got.

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