How to avoid a specific software patent

Avoiding a specific patent

Richard Stallman discusses three methods to avoid infringing specific patents, and why they don't generally work:

1. Avoid the patent[1]
2. Get a licence[2]
3. Overturn the patent[3] (for many reasons, it happens frequently that Invalid patents remain unchallenged)

Avoiding all patents

There is one way, and only one way, to avoid software patents with certainty: Use software from 20 years ago.

Related pages on ESP Wiki

• Campaigns to avoid patented ideas
• Use software from 20 years ago
• Infringement is unavoidable
• Cost of patent searches to avoid infringement

External links

• The Dangers of Software Patents (2004-05-24), where Richard Stallman talks about ways to avoid specific patents