Re: Is anyone packaging `lame' ?
* Marcelo E. Magallon:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 03:39:23PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
>
> > The existing European software patents were granted based on the
> > assumption that you can differentiate between a computer program and
> > its underlying ideas. I think such a distinction is indeed possible,
> > and granting theese patents does not contradict Article 52.
>
> I am curious, what do you have in mind?
You're preaching to the choir. 8-)
I fully agree with you that software patents are not a desirable
thing. However, I don't buy the argument that granting a patent which
can be infriged by software (and even if it's by software only, at
least with current technology) automatically violates § 52 EPC.
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