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From: Erik Josefsson <ehj@cleosan.com>
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Subject: meaningless separation
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Just a comment.

"Despite this the European Patent Office found that a technical process
produced by a computer program could be separated from the computer
program itself."

    http://www.beauprez.net/softpat/legalfacts3.html

It can of course be separated. But the separation does not solve any
real problem. It is a meaningless separation.

I can separate my right hand from my left, but the question which hand 
is guilty of murder is a meaningless question.


Btw, this "Article 4 Restricted Acts" quote is really great!

"the permanent or temporary reproduction of a computer program by any 
means and in any form, in part or in whole. Insofar as loading, 
displaying, running, transmission or storage 

http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=31991L0250&model=guichett

//Erik

