Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do*you* stand?

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>
Date: Wed Feb 22 2006 - 07:00:31 EET

On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 05:44 +0100, Cesare Marilungo wrote:
> Sorry, but this is *not* true.
>
> What if I own a patent for what could be the only possible way to
> write
> a fast realtime FFT algorithm?
> Nobody else can write an application that does the FFT at that speed.
> This is science (computer science, indeed).
>
> This is knowledge, and should be free.

Well by your logic, ALL patents (hardware and software) are invalid.

Lee
Received on Sun Feb 26 20:18:52 2006

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