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This analogy omits one aspect: when you step on a mine, you know it, but when you violate a patent, the patent holder might threaten you immediately, or might decide to let you continue to build you project on that idea and then threaten you.
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This analogy omits one aspect: when you step on a mine, the damage is instant.  When you violate a patent, the patent holder be aware and might threaten you immediately, or they might decide to let you continue to build you project on that idea and then threaten you later, or they might not be aware now but they will threaten you later when they become aware.  This happens most consequently regarding [[standards]].
  
 
==Literature==
 
==Literature==

Revision as of 14:41, 12 June 2009

Sometimes analogies help to explain this to people new to the area.

Minefield

Richard Stallman has frequently mentioned this analogy in parts of his speeches:

This analogy omits one aspect: when you step on a mine, the damage is instant. When you violate a patent, the patent holder be aware and might threaten you immediately, or they might decide to let you continue to build you project on that idea and then threaten you later, or they might not be aware now but they will threaten you later when they become aware. This happens most consequently regarding standards.

Literature

Again citing Richard Stallman:

Music

Again citing Richard Stallman:

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