Panos Alevropoulos on Software Patents in 2022
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-03-29 08:24:17 UTC
- Modified: 2022-03-29 08:24:17 UTC
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Summary: This talk was uploaded 13 hours ago; the outline says: "This talk is titled "The state of software patents in 2022," and was presented at LibrePlanet 2022 by Panos Alevropoulos. Panos is, among other things, volunteer member of the FSF Licensing & Compliance Lab, End Software Patents Wiki admin, Certified by Creative Commons. This talk is about software patents, and how they are legal instruments designed to curtail the freedom of developers for the sake of multinational companies' interests."
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