On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM, jtd<[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday 28 August 2009, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > The article is a business argument against patents. Which imo can be > counteracted by even more arguments. In short a shouting match of exactly the > type that happened at the Bombay meet. Given the distinct shortage of our > numbers, shouting may not be the best strategy. > > Where is the technical argument. Which is that software is an abstract > expression of mathematics that does not exists without a physical general > purpose programming machine. Software does not affect nature when it sits on > paper or tape or any other medium. It needs a programmable machine to execute > it's expression.
Let us write more articles on this subject from a legal and technical perspective to build awareness of the dangers of software patents. If you can write something up (in simple, layman's language) I volunteer to get it published in the mainstream press. Cannot guarantee that it will be published, but I can try. Venky _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
