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		simula67 on Feb 24, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No patent if invention lies only in computer progr... So does this means we can create ISOs of Ubuntu etc with all the media codecs pre-installed and distribute them freely in India ?

nileshtrivedi on Feb 24, 2016 | [–]

I would think so. As long as you don't distribute in countries which do have software patents.

gayprogrammer on Feb 24, 2016 | [–]

Copyright is different from patents.

Qwertious on Feb 24, 2016 | | [–]

The codecs used in GNU+Linux don't infringe copyright, only patents.

Ace17 on Feb 24, 2016 | | [–]

Of course, but wouldn't there be a legal-issue in distributing patent-infringing software?

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