From phm@a2e.de  Thu Nov  9 18:43:41 2000
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 19:43:41 +0100 (CET)
From: PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de
Subject: [Patents] viagra overturned

> I think its interesting because of the reasons the judge gave for 
> invalidating the patent - that it was based on already published
> PUBLIC DOMAIN work. 
> 
> I wonder if a similar ruling can apply to software ??

Of course.
That's nothing new at all.
The key point is "already published".  If now "public domain" became the
key point, we would be moving backwards even further.

-phm





