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Is source code covered?Is source code covered?Posted Apr 22, 2006 15:33 UTC (Sat) by Ross (subscriber, #4065)Parent article: Write Free Software, Pay $203,000 to Patent Holder (Right to Create)
I have wondered for years if only actual programs which are usable on computers are covered by patents on the methods they use or if the source code is too. If the source code is covered then why wouldn't discussions over how to implement such a program be covered?
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Is source code covered? Posted Apr 23, 2006 20:00 UTC (Sun) by tao (guest, #17563) [Link] In the US you can patent algorithms and business ideas, thus thought patents.In Europe you cannot patent software, *but* to get around this, companies files patents along the lines of:
"A method for listening to input from the user, running on a computer"
with the mention of the computer, they can then claim that it isn't a software patent at all... Hence the name CII (Computer Implemented Inventions).
To paraphrase Shakespeare: A heap of shit by any other name is still a heap of shit.
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