Ask HN: Should I worry about software patents?

Posted by navium on Monday January 08, 2018 @07:20AM
from the ask-hn dept.

A patent like this http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2016/0342709.html is a straightforward way of persisting graph data on RDBMS. If I wish to create an open source alternate implementation of a GraphDB with similar design, should I be bothered? Can I get away with minor tweaks in the design?

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Re:Ask HN: Should I worry about software patents? by z3t4 on Monday January 08, 2018 @07:59AM (#16096386)

If you live in a country with software patents, just take your business elsewhere. If you live in a democracy make sure next time you vote you vote against software patents.

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