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2014-08-07
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Originally Posted by marmistrz
Is this a serious question?
Since when is BSD/MIT/LGPL-licensed stuff non-free to distribute?
OK. Let's say I write a program or produce a product which is covered by some patent. I license it as BSD, MIT, GPL or public-domain for all I care. Does that in *any* manner invalidate the patent? Obviously not.
Google is notorious for doing stuff which they license as open-source, saying "hey, it's free to use it", however ignoring any IP associated with whatever they've done (see VP8/VP9/Android/Chromium/what-not).
So they get to be known for making things "free", while the rest get to clean up the mess after them.
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Add. for extra clarity: let's say I make a nuclear bomb and give it a free-to-distribute license. I hope you see the "issue" with it.
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2014-08-07
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@ Poland
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#33
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IP = ?
But if it's patent restricted, doesn't it violate the open source license?
But if it's patent restricted, doesn't it violate the open source license?
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2014-08-07
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#34
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Originally Posted by marmistrz
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
IP = ?
But if it's patent restricted, doesn't it violate the open source license?
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2014-08-07
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@ Piazzola sul Brenta (PD), Italy
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#35
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Originally Posted by panjgoori
Can I have it too? Thanks!
i have the deb file. will upload it later to a hosting site and give you the link. as nokiabot said try qml browser.
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2014-08-07
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#36
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Originally Posted by marmistrz
Not really. The thing is that if I now write an open-source program I may not necessarily know whether I'm infringing some patent or not (or where, as patents are national).
IP = ?
But if it's patent restricted, doesn't it violate the open source license?
So when I distribute the program I don't know. Until I get a letter asking me to stop. Then I have to decide if I stop or if I fight.
The decision is not necessarily a "technical" decision. It depends on who has the bigger $$$.
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2014-08-07
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#37
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Yes but in this case the fight was between entities A and B. Nokia was entity C. I would first ask A and B to fight it out between themselves before I did anything. Doing anything else was tantamount to presuming that A was right and B was wrong. Worse still, it was tantamount to publicly announcing the presumption. Things like that are even illegal in some juristictions.
Anyway, it has already happened and is not going to unhappen so all this talk is pointless. I just hope that our future councils won't be so spineless.
Anyway, it has already happened and is not going to unhappen so all this talk is pointless. I just hope that our future councils won't be so spineless.
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2014-08-07
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#38
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can i go OT too and ask if chromium for N900 support flash videos and html5 videos? if yes, what about performances?
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2014-09-21
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#39
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[damm what if it isint put in the repos insted github or some other repos and using opensource crome sources to compile ?]
Using Chrome these (I assume Dalvik) apps can run https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...yo8/edit#gid=0
here is the Chrome APK converter discussion thread http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1439912
Using Chrome these (I assume Dalvik) apps can run https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...yo8/edit#gid=0
here is the Chrome APK converter discussion thread http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1439912
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