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Arc's Std Library is Patented? How can we use it? (google.com)
4 points by KirinDave 6173 days ago | 6 comments


6 points by pg 6172 days ago | link

For the same reason you can do anything else. Practically everything you can do on a computer is "patented."

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4 points by sjs 6172 days ago | link

The same way that Seaside users do: without worry and with great pleasure.

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2 points by nostrademons 6173 days ago | link

Honestly, do you really expect Yahoo is going to go after a bunch of hobbyists using a toy language?

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2 points by randallsquared 6172 days ago | link

If they choose not to, do they lose the right to claim damages later, as with trademarks?

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1 point by listic 6170 days ago | link

I don't get it. What is the point of the question?

As anyone can see, Arc is covered by Artistic License 2.0 http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0 MzScheme is covered by GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html

What do you mean by 'patented' and why worry?

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1 point by trobinson 6172 days ago | link

http://paulgraham.com/softwarepatents.html

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