• metaStatic@kbin.earth
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    7 hours ago

    there can be a very good case made for putting private innovation into the public realm after a period of legal protections, (typically 20 years for most places)

    but anything that is public by it’s very nature should never be subject to patents

    • taladar@sh.itjust.works
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      1 hour ago

      Even for those 20 years it can be incredibly suffocating in fast moving industries like IT. Just look at e.g. the way video codecs got mutilated by patents.