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Patents around printing are out of control. All the major manufacturers cross license everything from each other
by tonfreed 1y ago
Patents around printing are out of control. All the major manufacturers cross license everything from each other
- hackernewds 1y agospecifically since enterprises are easier to monopolize since the purchasers are not users. and they need carteling to maintain dominance over a product so simple
- charcircuit 1y agoHow is printing simple?
- yjftsjthsd-h 1y agoI dunno about simple, but it is >30 years old; it seems a little odd that nobody's managed to get an Open version working.
- abdullahkhalids 1y agoSo how are these people working around patents?
- bluGill 1y agoPrintes have been around for decades. All the major innovation are patent expired. There may be useful new things under protection but nothing critical.
- knowitnone3 1y agolike inkjet expiration chips