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Re:Apple is patenting Swift features by solarkraft on Friday January 25, 2019 @10:11AM (#18998581)
This is interesting because it raises questions about what is a fork. Can I fork Swift and throw out everything except for the patented part and then merge it with my project?
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Re:Apple is patenting Swift features by criddell on Friday January 25, 2019 @10:42AM (#18998874)
Judges don't typically fall for stuff like that. Just because you created something by using the fork process, the end result after your giant purge isn't recognizable as a fork of Swift.
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