Copyright for software is a joke. Software is only copyrightable thing, where mandatory copy is not enforced.
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tabular@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Talking about “IP” as if it were a single thing confuses any debate. Copyright is not a patent, which is not a trademark - they do different things.
Software patents actually should be deleted. It is impractical to avoid accidentally infringing there are multiple ways to describe the same system using totally different technical descriptions. Copyright for software was enough.
uis@lemm.ee 1 week ago
hansolo@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Thank you for the only based take.
IP law is so fractured that individual US states have different laws that can have international implications. It’s a massive hodgepodge that need to be aligned and nationalized.