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Re:Ask HN: Why does P2P encrypted messaging still suck? by dijit on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @06:52PM (#16750165)
Because software patents apply to open source software too.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does P2P encrypted messaging still suck? by C7H8N4O2 on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @08:07PM (#16750672)
"How has this affected open source efforts?"

can be read as either

Why is it possible for [situation] to affect open source efforts?

or

In what way(s) has [situation] affected open source efforts?

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Re:Ask HN: Why does P2P encrypted messaging still suck? by always_good on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @10:21PM (#16751357)
The latter being more charitable because it also answers the first question and can assume the asker at least has a semblance of why it might be possible.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does P2P encrypted messaging still suck? by olefoo on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @01:57AM (#16752340)
That was the sense I meant. If the US military is using patents like that I would want to know and be surprised that I had not heard about it already.

It seems like the sort of thing that would have been talked about on the internet a lot.

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