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		redwall_hp on Sept 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A patent lawsuit against GNOME You can't patent math, as per patent law. Software is just abstracted math. Therefore, software should not be patentable.

Iv on Sept 30, 2019 [–]

But somehow, you can copyright it...

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