This: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Just_a_Use_of_the_Patented_General_Purpose_Computer http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Just_a_Use_of_the_Patented_General_... Software pat

This: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Just_a_Use_of_the_Patented_General_Purpose_Computer http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Just_a_Use_of_the_Patented_General_... Software patents are a hack, they are really against the patent law. The patent law requires an invention of new hardware, which software obviously doesn't.