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The problem is that the US system doesn't view software as a series of mathematical manipulations. Rather software is considered a thing like a tractor. The int
by virmundi 11y ago
The problem is that the US system doesn't view software as a series of mathematical manipulations. Rather software is considered a thing like a tractor. The internals are therefore patentable.
The US system does prevent math from being claimed. Others have tried to explain the inherent math nature by making products with function languages of varying purity. These claims fell on deft ears.
- pg_is_a_butt 11y agoyou're missing the point... not talking about software... talking about ANYTHING. string theory. court has already ruled on "illegal number" as stated above, so it's already murky.
- na85 11y ago>These claims fell on deft ears. On deaf ears, you mean? (Or perhaps daft?)
- virmundi 11y agodeaf
- PatentTroll 11y agoA lot of us here are software engineers, right? Why should a mechanical engineer's work product be protectable, while a software engineer's work product not? Aren't both the result of creativity and labor?