[Patents] Re: 80,000 signatures for software patentfreeEurope

[seth.johnson@realmeasures.dyndns.org (Seth Johnson)]

No, absolutely not.  I would never oppose software patent abolition.

It seems you have a basic inability to count.  Whether "supporting the
patentability" of software or showing how software "is as patentable as
any other technology," it's still the same reason; i.e., it's possible
to patent software.  Furthermore, the reason being offered is the same
as the conclusion it is being offered in support of, so you might (just
a suggestion) want to look inside your scoreboard and see what's wrong
with its internal functioning.

But I guess you have adduced one argument that clearly and unarguably
presents both a premise and a consequence:  It's possible to oppose
patents in any other technology just as it is possible to do so for
software; hence, software must most assuredly be the same as any other
technology.

Seth Johnson

Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> 
> Seth writes - 'Why would anybody bother opposing it if it wasn't possible'.
> 
> I guess referring to software patent abolition, but once again another
> example of how software patents are the same as every other area of
> technology, since patents  in those fields can be opposed as well )and are
> as we speak.
> 
> Thanks for yet another reason supporting the patentability of software.
> 
> Seth Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > Uh, yeah, Greg.
> > 
> > Why would anybody bother opposing it if it weren't possible?
> >
> > Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> > >
> > > Thank you once again for providing yet another reason why software is as
> > > patentable as any other technology