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Re: [DotGNU]Int'l Herald Trib on Software Patents in Europe
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Re: [DotGNU]Int'l Herald Trib on Software Patents in Europe |
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Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:42:10 -0800 |
On Monday 02 February 2004 10:14 am, Seth Johnson wrote:
> Europe has a chance to take a leadership role by deciding that
> software should be treated differently than other inventions,
Herein lies the problem, IMHO. It is my opinion (although I realize some will
disagree) that computer science and software engineering are applied
mathematics. Mathematics is not *invented*, it's *discovered*. So of course
software should be treated differently than inventions.
>
> But patent lawyers argue that it is more important that Europe adopt
> the same patent rules as the United States and Japan.
>
I think that sentence tells the whole story--it's not about right and wrong,
it's about money and greed. :-(
Jeff
(Now, what was that line from Shakespeare about lawyers...oh yeah, "First
thing we do, is we..." :-)