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FLOSS And Patents
Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS)
FLOSS Copyright licenses are incompatible with patents except in the case of royalty-free license
FLOSS creates a pool of software relatively unencumbered by license negotiations
Innovation is faster paced with full disclosure of innovation (source code)
Notes:
An attempt to define FLOSS is at
http://www.flora.ca/floss.shtml