4 ms·
As always with laws this is very location specific. In germany there is a very clear clause about patents not applying to "Actions carried out in the private sp
by h4ckerle 2y ago
As always with laws this is very location specific. In germany there is a very clear clause about patents not applying to "Actions carried out in the private sphere for non-commercial purposes" (§11 PatG, own translation)
- kwhitefoot 2y agoAlso the patents in question are probably software patents which, in theory, are not granted in Europe.
- denschub 2y ago"I'm in Europe so I don't have to care because software patents are not enforceable here" isn't the solution. Yes, patent law doesn't apply - but copyright law does, and they very much can take down content that references the spec just based on copyright law alone.
- fulafel 2y agoIn a lot of european countries there's specific legislation allowing computing interop that overrides copyright. Eg https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/computer-programs-legal-protection.html https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/computer-... (Also I'd think copyright in EU doesn't normally apply to implementing protocols as it's supposed to grant monopolies of creative expression? but IANAL)