Alex Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This actually almost makes me want to cry. Glyn Wintle @ FFII-UK pointed > this out to us: > http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/03/14/java_bytecode_patent_ruling/
It's hard to pick a worst part, but I think this one is mine: "The invention was almost certainly made at a much earlier stage in the creative process, before any computer program had been written (or flowcharts generated) with a view to implementing the invention." What has the time of implementation got to do with whether the idea is patentable? -- Ciarán O'Riordan _________________________ \ http://foss-means-business.org http://ciaran.compsoc.com/ ________________ \ FOSS Means Business http://www.fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/weblog \ Thursday March 16th, Belfast _______________________________________________ Fsfe-uk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfe-uk
