[Patents] American Inventor Coalition / was Re: Software and

[jtobey@john-edwin-tobey.org (John Tobey)]

On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 04:26:08PM -0400, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> >To live under such threats is like giving up control of your life's
> >accomplishments and everything you own to to a regime that may take
> >it all away at any moment with no just cause.
> 
> Again, another way in which hardware and software are alike.

We've discussed this so often that I didn't think it worth mentioning.
While I am sure you are right, I refer interested readers to the many
discussions of the logical versus the physical and the need to assess
the patentability of each separately in light of their differences.

http://swpat.ffii.org/indexen.html

-John