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"the license didn't cover the implemented idea." What does that even mean? Software==ideas in code/boost form.


It means that if you implement Foo and give it whatever license, I can implement something that works exactly like Foo, call it Bar, and release it under whatever other license I want. Patents cover ideas, licences cover actual implementation.

That's why ReactOS and Windows are both legal under different licenses, even though they try to implement the same thing.




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