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On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 16:26, ehj@cleosan.com wrote:
> The "what is an invention"- and "software is hardware"-discussion is often
> detached from the problem the lawmakers wanted to solve: finding
> appropriate rules to stimulate the production of achievements.

I think one of the problems is: "trying to stimulate creativity through
laws". I think that's not really possible.

What you can do at most is: "reward people fro the real job they do"
That's why copyright on software mostly works (with many defects imho)
while patents are absurd.

Simo.

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