From epa98@doc.ic.ac.uk  Tue Nov 28 10:44:46 2000
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:44:46 +0000 (GMT)
From: Edward Avis epa98@doc.ic.ac.uk
Subject: [Patents] Hardware/software codesign

It's an impressive list of tools for designing hardware, but it doesn't
say anything about whether patents on computer programs are of benefit
to society.

And I still don't see any problem with making a distinction between pure
information (which might be used to generate hardware designs, or for
many other purposes) and physical inventions.

-- 
Ed Avis
epa98@doc.ic.ac.uk





