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SFLC summary of Bilski v. Kappos
The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has compiled
a summary of some of the main arguments in the Bilski v. Kappos case
dealing with software patents. "As a legal services organization for free and open source software (FOSS), we filed a brief in support of the respondent arguing (1) that all software is unpatentable under Supreme Court precedent, (2) that software patenting reduces the level of innovation in software, and (3) that constitutional limitations from the First Amendment prevent Congress from making patent law that covers mental steps, basic ideas, or algorithms."
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SFLC summary of Bilski v. Kappos Posted Nov 7, 2009 7:54 UTC (Sat) by squidgit (subscriber, #42190) [Link]
Is is just me or does that page have the Red Hat submission misfiled? It makes the same kinds of arguments as FSF, Google etc but is filed alongside the bile-inducing submission from IEEE which describes FOSS as "like underdeveloped nations" cloning othersÂ’ technological innovations
SFLC summary of Bilski v. Kappos Posted Nov 9, 2009 16:30 UTC (Mon) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]
The categorisation is technically correct. Both parties support "affirmance" - albeit with clarifications which zoom off in opposite directions :-/
There's no straighforward way to categorise the briefs. On the ESP wiki, we categorised a few by whether or not they argue in favour or against software patents, but this requires reading and interpreting each one and the result is subjective:
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