== Quote from BCS ([email protected])'s article > Hello dsimcha, > > == Quote from Brad Roberts ([email protected])'s article > > > >> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > >> > >>> Seems a weak reason. A programmer that's worried about infringing > >>> software patents can't write anything more useful than "Hello > >>> World". I'm seriously not convinced at all that it's even possible > >>> to write useful code that doesn't technically infringe on some > >>> software patent. As a programmer, either you accept the fact that > >>> what you do is inevitably going to trample software patents, or you > >>> just simply don't be a programmer. That's all there is. > >>> > >> The world's not nearly that black and white. There's a huge > >> difference in > >> infringment in an app you write for yourself vs an app that's very > >> public. > >> LLVM is somewhat closer to the latter end of the spectrum. > >> I agree that excess paranoia isn't warranted, but neither is willful > >> ignorance. > > If we're really lucky, Bilski Vs. Kappos > > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Bilski) will send all the software > > patent attorneys to the poorhouse next week and we can just start > > trampling freely. > OTOH, based on the wiki, the court seems to support a > "Machine-or-transformation > test" and what is a compiler if not a transformation tool?
Bits are not a "particular article".
