From srctran@world.std.com  Wed May 23 17:48:27 2001
From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 12:48:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Patents] Re: Pro Software Patents = Illegal
Message-ID: <200105231648.MAA07410@world.std.com>

>So far on this list I habe not seen an argument from you that the
>government's granting of 20-year patent monopolies for software furthers
>progress in science or the useful arts.

So far on this list I have not seen an argument from you that the
government's granting of 20-year patent monopolies for hardware furthers
progress in science or the useful arts.

And many of these hardware patents are just as trivial as the software
patents.

So once again, thanks for another reason supporting the equal patentability
of hardware and software.

Greg Aharonian


