From phm@a2e.de  Tue Dec 19 12:43:59 2000
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 13:43:59 +0100 (CET)
From: PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de
Subject: [Patents] monopoly/publicity contradiction?

> > ...This is also why this talk about "not the programs as such but only
> > the technical solution" is nonsense, unless "technical solution" refers to
> > something different than a programming solution, both at a conceptual and
> > at a practical level, as explained in the Eurolinux regulation proposal.
> 
> I think we will have to agree to differ.

What about all the other points?
Such as the monopoly/publicity contradiction that this thread is about?

such as the "ludicrousness" of patenting a "technical solution" and at the
same time allowing the public disclosure of its description, which
consists in a computer program.

Why are you so selective about discovering contradictions?  
why is it that such a contradiction is "ludicrous" only if it leads to the
granting of less patents?

-phm





