* M Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [11-11-06 22:22]: ... > As a side note... some software ( none if it is intellectual > property in my view) can also be viewed the same way most of us view > mathematics. No mathematical "truth" can be patented. Much of > software (if not all...) is similar to mathematical truth... whether > trivial or not... and should not be patentable for the same reason. > This is of course a minor point to the real answer... which is that > software is text and should be protected as text... not as a > physical (meta-physical) object.
I think, a _very_ good analogy. Thankyou, -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
