[HN Gopher] EA has made five of its accessibility patents free f...
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       EA has made five of its accessibility patents free for any studio
       to use
        
       Author : bdz
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2021-08-24 11:12 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | andrewzah wrote:
       | "It only has one exception: if someone files a lawsuit against EA
       | for infringing a different patent, EA will refuse to share the
       | accessibility patents with them."
       | 
       | How nice of EA.
        
         | shepherdjerred wrote:
         | This seems entirely reasonable. It would've been better if
         | there were no strings attached, but that doesn't negate the
         | fact that EA is doing something good.
        
         | munk-a wrote:
         | I'm not a fan of EA and I feel like this restriction probably
         | wasn't a strict requirement by legal (while as the opposite
         | might be very good counsel - refusing access to any patented
         | material while another party is believed to be infringing on
         | other IP of your). But like... it's free so either this has no
         | impact on your life because you choose not to use it over it
         | being a potential landmine legally - or you make use of it.
         | 
         | Either way I think this move is at minimum neutral and probably
         | a net good.
        
           | andrewzah wrote:
           | It is free, but with conditions. I dislike EA doing this as a
           | publicity stunt while they're essentially keeping people at
           | their mercy if they use these patents. I guess I would prefer
           | it if they said "conditionally free".
        
       | rPlayer6554 wrote:
       | This seems like a good thing. Especially the ping
       | system....Apex's Ping system is miles ahead of any game. It
       | increases the playability for all players by a tremendous amount.
        
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