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Are software patents evil?

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Software patents have constantly been under the fire of debates; if you are not yet exposed to it, following links are for you -

Arguments against software patents
Arguments against the arguments above

Patent system is more than 200 years old now. It was devised to address two main problems related to inventions -

You invent a great [...]

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Free = open source?

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Some think and often use these two terms – Free Software (FS) and Open Source Software (OSS) – interchangeably. That’s not completely right. Moreover, some relate both these terms with softwares available for free of any charge. And that’s completely wrong.
Both, OSS and FS, offer free softwares but the word “free” here [...]

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