"Lee Hollaar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the one I cited is for "software" as we normally use the term > now -- something to control a computer -- and actually contains a > program implementing the method in 7090 assembly language (which > the printed wrong, putting a label on every line). > And it doesn't try to hide what it is. Note the title: > "Text Matching ALGORITHM".
That's right, but most of the arguments against the patentability of software would seem to apply to Morse Code. And yet the Morse Code patent is a famous patent that has been litigated, enforced, and held up in textbooks as an exemplary patent. This blog lists some other early software patents. http://igdmlgd.blogspot.com/2005/12/evolution-of-software-claims.html _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
