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- From: "Nick Fleming" <Nick@bigfatpanda.fsnet.co.uk>
- To: <patents@aful.org>
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Hardware N Software
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 22:00:01 -0000
Sigh...
I was merely trying to point out that there IS
a very real difference between hardware and
software.
The nearest equivalent I can think of is the
difference between patenting the tools an
artist uses and the painting itself. At what point
ladies and gentlemen, do you start
patenting the painting ?
The same has to be true of software. The
hardware it runs on is essentially just a tool
you run software on.
This is not to say that software should not be accorded
suitable legal protection - it should, but not with the
current patenting system which seems to be crawling
ever nearer to patenting the painting, rough sketches
and all.
Regards
Nick Fleming
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