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| Authored by: Wol on Tuesday, June 12 2012 @ 06:12 PM EDT |
BUT THE PATENT DOES NOT DESCRIBE A CIRCUIT.
At least that's what I take away from what you just wrote. In other words, the
patent says ANY solution to the problem is an infringement of the patent.
In other words, the patent has just PLACED OFF LIMITS AN ENTIRE AREA OF
RESEARCH.
And that is the problem with software patents. They close off a problem area
from research. They OBSTRUCT progress.
Cheers,
Wol[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, June 12 2012 @ 06:18 PM EDT |
But I don't care what this patent means, as long as everyone will agree that it
can NOT be read to cover something which is purely software.
I only care that I can make software things without being accused of
infringement. (See Oracle v. Google, where Google was accused of infringing 7
software patents in their purely-software Dalvik VM that runs on Android-based
phones, and had to spend 2 years and many millions of dollars to prove that they
didn't practice the patented invention).
I write software for a living, and all I care about is that the patent system
will leave me alone. (If it won't, then I will move to some other country where
I can practice my craft in peace.)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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