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Martin Schröder wrote:paawan oza wrote:
-> if idea is not patented but implemented under GPL (which uses and modifies original gdb source code), then it can be discussed.
Yup. If you can freely get the source code, you can freely talk about its details. After all, whatever the source makes the machine do, can also be emulated inside the human brain. ;)
This is wrong, see my previous discussion
-> that means organization has no way to claim the idea legally in any terms
That's the point of patenting (claiming that you invented it), and the reason why patents should only be awarded for actual manufacturing processes instead of ideas or concepts. And some argue that software is nothing but concepts and ideas. ;)
This is wrong, you can protect things by trade secret, and the fact that the original base code was obtained under a GPL license does not change that (in fact it is the GPL license that allows this to be done).
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