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Time for those immortal words

Authored by: complex_number on Sunday, May 20 2012 @ 05:39 PM EDT

Consult a Lawyer (one who knows patent & copyright law)
especially if as you say are involved with a Software Startup and about to
release some software.

Personally, I feel like releasing some of my own code under the GPL but it will
be marked 'Not for use in the USA'. The software concerned is an abstracted
system builder language. Very niche I'm afraid but the concepts are probably
pateneted in the USA hence the 'Not for' labelling.
That probably won't stop me being sued though and US Coursts don't seem to care
about jurisdiction any more so even that labelling might not be good enough.

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Ubuntu & 'apt-get' are not the answer to Life, The Universe & Everything which
is of course, "42" or is it 1.618?

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

Time for those immortal words - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 20 2012 @ 09:38 PM EDT
- ..time for a non-US GPL? - Authored by: arnt on Sunday, May 20 2012 @ 10:02 PM EDT
  - ..time for a non-US GPL? - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, May 20 2012 @ 10:39 PM EDT
    - ..time for a non-US GPL? - Authored by: PJ on Sunday, May 20 2012 @ 11:50 PM EDT
      - ..time for a non-US GPL? - Authored by: Ed L. on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 12:26 AM EDT
      - ..time for a non-US GPL? - Authored by: complex_number on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 09:30 AM EDT
        ..time for a non-US GPL? Not necessarily - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 12:58 PM EDT
        ..time for a non-US GPL? Not necessarily - Authored by: Tkilgore on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 01:01 PM EDT
        ..time for a non-US GPL? Not necessarily - Authored by: PJ on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 01:06 PM EDT
        "My logic ran out." - Authored by: Tkilgore on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 02:08 PM EDT
    - ..time for a non-US GPL? - Authored by: bprice on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 05:55 AM EDT
      - ..time for a non-US GPL? - Authored by: PJ on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 08:29 AM EDT
        ..time for a non-US GPL? - Authored by: jjs on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 05:44 PM EDT
      - ..time for a non-US GPL? - Authored by: PJ on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 06:40 PM EDT
- Time for those immortal words - Authored by: DieterWasDriving on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 04:03 AM EDT
  - Time for those immortal words - Authored by: PJ on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 06:41 PM EDT
- Time for those immortal words - Authored by: Wol on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 04:20 PM EDT
Time for those immortal words - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 21 2012 @ 12:50 AM EDT

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