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Article #73502Re: Patents
From: Dietrich Kappe
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1991 05:57
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1991 05:57
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In article <1991Sep2.022713.24921@midway.uchicago.edu> geyer@galton.uchicago.edu writes: It would be better to use "algorithm patent" rather than "software patent". An algorithm is a mathematical object, like a number, or a vector space, or a theorem, or a proof. An algorithm should be no more patentable than any of these other mathematical objects. What should not be allowed is any charge of patent infringement based on purely mathematical isomorphism. One should have to copy some code or some circuitry. Something more than the mathematics should be involved. Charles Geyer Department of Statistics University of Chicago geyer@galton.uchicago.edu Is a "software" patent held on a specific algorithm, or on the partial recursive function that that algorithm defines? -- --- Dietrich Kappe kap1@icarus.spc.uchicago.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9434f7b17f215464 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-09-01 22:55:56 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!midway!midway.uchicago.edu!kap1 From: kap1@icarus.spc.uchicago.edu (Dietrich Kappe) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Patents Message-ID: <KAP1.91Sep1235719@icarus.spc.uchicago.edu> Date: 2 Sep 91 05:57:19 GMT References: <1991Aug26.210003.29553@sq.sq.com> <1991Aug31.184217.20959@aber.ac.uk> <BURLEY.91Sep1202411@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1991Sep2.022713.24921@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: Center for Population Economics Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: geyer@galton.uchicago.edu's message of Mon, 2 Sep 1991 02: 27:13 GMT