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		yxhuvud 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Leonardo Chiariglione – Co-founder of MPEG The solution to that is to remove the ability to patent codecs.

master-lincoln 5 months ago [–]

I think we should go a step further and remove the ability to patent algorithms (software)

immibis 5 months ago | [–]

Some people even think we should remove intellectual property.

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