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| Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 01:55 AM EDT |
In your opinion, people that make
advancements in compression,
crypto, etc. don't deserve
patent protection?
We may feel
the author of a practical solution to some of
these problems may deserve a
patent, but patent law just
doesn't allow for one on abstract ideas.
In
the end, there is no substance in a program. It weighs
the same as a thought.
It fact, it is only an idea. It
doesn't even exist, in the real world. A
computer program
has no effect whatsoever on the world, in itself. It is a
fantasy to imagine there is anything there to patent. You
can't patent an
idea. That would lead to the bizarre notion
we could stop others from having
the same idea. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 02:03 AM EDT |
What if we rephrase your exact question like so...
"In your opinion,
people that make advancements in
physics, math, etc. don't deserve patent
protection?"
In other words, these things you think are deserving of
patents are only advancements of science. There is no
provision for patents
for such things. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Furthermore... - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 02:26 AM EDT
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