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From: Bouthier Christophe <Christophe.Bouthier@loria.fr>
To: Gregory Aharonian <srctran@world.std.com>
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Subject: Re: [Patents] Software Patents: The Patent Trap
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On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:09:17AM -0500, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> But even that is secondary, because the patent laws, AS WRITTEN, only
> care about the nature of the technology to be invented - is it a
> machine, a process, etc.

Moreover, you didn't reply on the "genetic programming" problem. 
Qhat is your point of view on it ?

C.
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