-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael O'Keefe wrote: > Becoz software is just mathematics, and mathematics are explicitly > excluded from being patentable. That's why all these 'software' patents
This is quite true. You cannot count to infinity in binary without violating every software patent (and copyright!) in existance. A computer program is just one really big number. You can't patent (or copyright) a number but you can software which is a discrepancy. - -- Tracy R Reed http://[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCW0E09PIYKZYVAq0RAqYlAJ9AfNG3rIfbgMA1UdEfUUsG/5ujYQCfY/kX hxpaoXX+v9CfjLDfahGn8GQ= =06zO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
