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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, October 14 2012 @ 08:30 AM EDT |
A rectangular block is a mathematical concept. However,
arranging a lot of such rectangular blocks to create an
aesthetically pleasing and comfortable place to live is not
simply mathematics - there is creative content (and not just
artistic content) there. It is exactly the same with
software.
The problem with software patents is that patents are being
granted in some cases for the mathematical principles and
algorithms - the geometric shape of the bricks by analogy,
and also the way in which the bricks are arranged.
The question is this - would you be allowed to patent the
use of a pattern of bricks such as "a straight line and a
right angle return between two curved sections"? The answer
is no - because the purpose of bricks is so that you can lay
them out into different arrangements, so that even if nobody
has used that arrangement before, the fact that you can have
various combinations of straights, curves, and corners is
obvious, and is not therefore an invention but rather is a
creative expression. Why then are patents being granted for
the quivalent of this in software?[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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