[linux-audio-user] Re: Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

[Cesare Marilungo]

Lee Revell wrote:

>On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 05:44 +0100, Cesare Marilungo wrote:
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>>Sorry, but this is *not* true.
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>>What if I own a patent for what could be the only possible way to
>>write 
>>a fast realtime FFT algorithm?
>>Nobody else can write an application that does the FFT at that speed. 
>>This is science (computer science, indeed).
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>>This is knowledge, and should be free. 
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>Well by your logic, ALL patents (hardware and software) are invalid.
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>Lee
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Yes. :-)

Or better, they're unjust.  I guess you know that the existence of 
gnu/Linux and open source software in general is in danger because of them.

c.
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