In a recent note, Charles Mills said: > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:58:46 -0800 > > Waaaaay OT, but FWIW, Whelan v. Jaslow ruled that copyright protected code > re-written from one programming language to another. As I recall the case, > it was a transcription from IBM Series/1 EDX to something else, maybe PC > Pascal. And the plaintiff was able to show that "dead" code that was never > called and could not be reached and therefore had no function had been > ported, showing clearly that the "expression" had been stolen. > As I perceive it, the "software" in "software patent" ought to be a nullity. You have advanced an idea or process for protection of intellectual property; it shouldn't be bound to software expressions. If you succeed in your pursuit of a patent, you should be protected against a harware implementation of your process; perhaps even mechanical, using cams and ratchets -- Babbage technology. Likewise, you should be protected against my implementing it using a quill pen, tannin-bark ink, and parchment.
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