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Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)Posted Nov 7, 2012 14:33 UTC (Wed) by nye (guest, #51576)In reply to: Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired) by dps Parent article: Let’s Limit the Effect of Software Patents, Since We Can’t Eliminate Them (Wired)
>I am with Knuth on this one: software is mathematics and mathematics can not be patented, period.
Unfortunately, that ship has long since sailed. Forget software - Penrose tiling was patented in 1974. How much more obviously pure mathematics can you really get?
At this stage I wouldn't even care to speculate on how we can get out of this hole :(.
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