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fngjdflmdflg
on July 16, 2024
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Run CUDA, unmodified, on AMD GPUs
My understanding is that Google v. Oracle only applies to copyright.
nl
on July 16, 2024
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Well you can't patent an API so....
fngjdflmdflg
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You can patent the implementation. You can't patent the API name DecodeH265Video() but you can still sue someone for implementing that function correctly.
anticensor
on July 16, 2024
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If there is only one way to solve a problem, there is nothing to invent, just discover, and discoveries are decidedly not patentable.
fngjdflmdflg
on July 17, 2024
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>If there is only one way to solve a problem
h.265 is one way, av1 is another way.
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