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Re:Show HN: Bionic Reading – Formats text to make it faster ... by xvector on Thursday March 24, 2022 @06:53AM (#30788195)
The problem is that since you've patented these 3 lines of code, I'm not sure many other can legally write a browser extension for this functionality. I'd like to use this in Safari on iOS, for example, but... I can't.
Re:Show HN: Bionic Reading – Formats text to make it faster ... by liminvorous on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:18AM (#30788778)
Clearly these three rules are a fact about human pyschology rather than an invention and should be ineligible for patents. I understand that New Zealand law for example classifies pure software inovation as categorically not being invention. I'm unsure of what hoops you'd have to jump through to take advantage of this fact to release a browser extension for example, but it seems like it should be possible, though code signing and stuff might cause problems.
Re:Show HN: Bionic Reading – Formats text to make it faster ... by pc86 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @09:19AM (#30789342)
Honestly it's just one hoop - are you confident you won't be sued, and if you're wrong, are you willing to pay for the legal defense?
Re:Show HN: Bionic Reading – Formats text to make it faster ... by toxik on Thursday March 24, 2022 @07:20AM (#30788378)
Just change the logic ever so slightly, I’m sure it’s possible to do this in many ways.