MJ Ray writes: > On 2004-09-24 14:23:34 +0100 Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Your (claimed) law is not everyone's law. It's silly to ignore the > > case of the US [...] > > Similarly, it's silly to assert that US law is everyone's law and that > computer programs are naturally patentable. It's silly that US law > permits patenting of discoveries. I'd not be surprised if the US > grants patents on looking at particular stars.
You must be smoking the same thing(s) that Andrew Suffield is. The rest of my mail (which you snipped, saving a whopping four lines of text) pointed out that patents covering programs is not a problem specific to the USA. Ignoring evidence you do not like is neither convincing nor helpful. Michael Poole
