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| Authored by: darrellb on Monday, October 15 2012 @ 01:14 PM EDT |
I hope that my software always creates exactly the sum of the pieces.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, October 15 2012 @ 01:29 PM EDT |
>The point is that software creates a product that is more than just the sum
of the pieces.
So does a cake recipe. And, like mathematics, cake recipes are explicitly
excluded from patentability.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, October 15 2012 @ 03:42 PM EDT |
What is ignored is that those instructions produce a result. While a
recipe can be copyrighted to a very limited extent (such as in a cooking book),
an automated coffee making machine are patented (well, aspects are).
Recipes produce results too... the coffee is the result.
The
coffee machine can be patented just like the computer can be patented. But the
software that runs the coffee machine can NOT be patented. It is an algorithm
that controls the timer that enganges the pump that squirts the water through
the cup to poor the coffee into your mug. That algorithm can be accomplished
without the machine. It can be done with your hands (assuming you could heat the
water hot enough). Therefore it cannot be patentablte just because it runs on a
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