Panos Alevropoulos to Linux@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoMartin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgopensource@lemmy.mllibre_culture@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1200arrow-down1external-linkMartin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93www.nytimes.comPanos Alevropoulos to Linux@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orgopensource@lemmy.mllibre_culture@lemmy.ml
minus-square520linkfedilink6•1 year agoMUCH faster. Patents last 20 years. Software copyright lasts 70 years after the death of the author
minus-square@broface@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoWho cares? Just wanna dispel the notion that people only do things for money: you’re posting on Lemmy right now.
Don’t patents expire faster than copyright tho?
MUCH faster. Patents last 20 years. Software copyright lasts 70 years after the death of the author
Who cares?
Just wanna dispel the notion that people only do things for money: you’re posting on Lemmy right now.