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That said, the (original) algorithm is well-known and even novel algorithms shouldn't be patentable.
by JoachimSchipper 16y ago
That said, the (original) algorithm is well-known and even novel algorithms shouldn't be patentable.
- arethuza 16y ago"even novel algorithms shouldn't be patentable" Even though I have a couple of patents to my name I am generally against software patents, sometimes I think that for genuinely novel algorithms there should be an exception (e.g. RSA encryption). However, as there is clearly no way of objectively defining what a "novel" algorithm is (i.e. there is no algorithm for it) we can't really have this exception. So yes, I would agree that algorithms should not be patentable.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoEven if RSA really is sufficiently novel (note that it had already been discovered by a secret service four years before publication), is that really worth a 20-year monopoly?