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Anon is a gamer (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by [M] to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 18 points 3 months ago (1 child)

The biggest annoyance is that patents doesn't prevent usage... Just require permission... they could ask anything or nothing, it just would need to be acceptable. And well here we are.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Why rely on someone else's go-ahead if you can just do something different? They didn't patent it for no reason - they want a cut if someone using it makes a bunch of money, and likely won't give you the go-ahead without that guarantee.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Ofc, but that is the issue. Make the cut reasonable about some devs will be willing to pay the price.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    It'd have to be pretty reasonable. From the perspective of the people who have to pay, it's just as easy to tell the plebs beneath them to come up with something even better that doesn't require a fee. If they fail, it's because they were lazy, not because you're a bad leader, obviously.

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