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- From: mva@df.lth.se (Martin Wahlén)
- Subject: [Patents] Burce Perens: Software Patents vs. Free Software
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 10:19:03 +0200 (MEST)
On Fri, 4 May 2001, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> copyright, and like the others on this list, against patenting for
> both hardware and software. Confess your real intentions.
Greg, you are obvously not listening to what people are telling you. We
have argued this standpoint with you for a long time. You are the one who
are equating Hardware with Software due to the fact that tools exist that
make it possible to encode the design of hardware into bitpatterns that
are inherently unique.
What we are saying is that this is LAW not philosophy, and a line has to
be drawn between what is patentable and what is not if our current IP Law
is to be applicable in the future as well.
The law is not an end to it self, but is there to serve the people.
Patents on hardware design might, where as on software it is much more
dubious.
Martin
- [Patents] Burce Perens: Software Patents vs. Free Software, (continued)
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