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		<title>Can I patent a process (code) that`s based on open source software?</title>
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		<description>Can I patent a process (code) that`s based on open source software?</description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Absolutely. When Red Hat fir]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  Absolutely. When Red Hat first came on the scene, I was surprised that any company could make money selling a product that was available for free. But they provided a "package" that was much more appealing to the millions of people that didn`t want ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Y`know....another thing just cam]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Y`know....another thing just came to mind. I know that Linux is free,
and a lot of other parts of it are free. But on the other hand, you
have these distribution companies like Red Hat (?), and they have
commercial interests based on the OS.

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				<title><![CDATA[Well, that`s the sure way to bui]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Well, that`s the sure way to build any business, regardless of whether you`ve written some new code or invented an engine that runs on water. I`m just saying that you need to really do your homework about open source licensing before you invest much money [...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[So how do you protect yourself f]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[So how do you protect yourself from competitors moving into your business? Is it enough to be the first in a niche and carve out a niche segment fast?
(using massive guerilla marketing to attract zillions of users fast)
(so while others may b]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  Craig,
  Yes, and that`s wh]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  Craig,
  Yes, and that`s what I was referring to about having to turn your code over as open source, meaning that it too would become free to others. For a product that I worked on, we moved away from Linux to FreeBSD because of the restrict]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I have no solid info about this,]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I have no solid info about this, but wasn`t there a lawsuit not long
ago about where Microsoft tried to claim that blocks of open source
code were actually owned by MS? It seems I remember they lost that
suit, but you`ll want to check with an attorney. [...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[You should check on licensing re]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[You should check on licensing restrictions with the free Google code. I`m not an open source expert, but I am a programmer and have used Linux for many years. In the case of Linux and other things covered under the Gnu Public License (GPL), you can use it,[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Dear All,
I have a brilliant id]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Dear All,
I have a brilliant idea for a web application. After some extensive search, I realized that there`s no existing web application that does the same as my idea. (There may be some just being developed, not yet visible.)
Th]]></description>
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