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Re:Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting person... by windows_tips on Sunday June 24, 2018 @08:26PM (#17389123)
A patent on fast Fourier transform would essentially do nothing, as no one appears to be selling the algorithm outright.
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Re:Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting person... by tqkxzugoaupvwqr on Monday June 25, 2018 @03:22AM (#17390530)
A patent on FFT would stop anyone from using it in their products. A patent does not solely mean you can’t sell the patented thing, it means you are prohibited from commercially using the patented thing in any way.
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Re:Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting person... by windows_tips on Thursday June 28, 2018 @04:52AM (#17415156)
Seems like it would be possible to do something like: produce a freely available device that you provide some kind of supportive or value-added service for.
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