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Not really. Software can be copyrighted. Words can be trademarked. Books can't be patented. Just because the analogy falls apart when you change the subjects do
by naner 16y ago
Not really. Software can be copyrighted. Words can be trademarked. Books can't be patented. Just because the analogy falls apart when you change the subjects doesn't mean the original was wrong.
Though I think you can make a much stronger case than the OPs simple analogy.
- bostonpete 16y agoI wasn't making the case for software patents -- just pointing out that the logic doesn't work. Just because the constituent parts of a whole don't satisfy some legal criteria doesn't mean that the "whole" itself doesn't.
- naner 16y agoMy issue is you restated his analogy changing the legal categories and the subjects and then disproved your interpretation. Patent law and copyright law are not the same and math's relation to software is not the same as the relation of individual words to a book. His argument is weak, but you are attacking something else.