Re:Pens and Tablets for Linux
by vineyardmike on Friday April 01, 2022 @05:09PM
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> Patents by definition are public information.
But you don't always have the right to use them, or share them.
If company A owns a patent, and company B buys a license, company B may not have the rights to release their code to GPL and share it into mainline linux.
But you don't always have the right to use them, or share them.
If company A owns a patent, and company B buys a license, company B may not have the rights to release their code to GPL and share it into mainline linux.