Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93Panos Alevropoulos@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml – 198 points – 8 months agonytimes.comSee also ESP Wiki's entry on Martin Goetz.16Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentDon't patents expire faster than copyright tho?MUCH faster. Patents last 20 years. Software copyright lasts 70 years after the death of the authorWho cares? Just wanna dispel the notion that people only do things for money: you're posting on Lemmy right now.
Don't patents expire faster than copyright tho?MUCH faster. Patents last 20 years. Software copyright lasts 70 years after the death of the authorWho cares? Just wanna dispel the notion that people only do things for money: you're posting on Lemmy right now.
Who cares? Just wanna dispel the notion that people only do things for money: you're posting on Lemmy right now.
Don't patents expire faster than copyright tho?
MUCH faster. Patents last 20 years. Software copyright lasts 70 years after the death of the author
Who cares?
Just wanna dispel the notion that people only do things for money: you're posting on Lemmy right now.