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How to avoid a specific software patent
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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]
- Get a licence[2]
- 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
References