Making something patentable does not magically transfer attributes to it, i.e. 'to encourage progress'. The question is not whether not to patent but whether p

Making something patentable does not magically transfer attributes to it, i.e. 'to encourage progress'. The question is not whether not to patent but whether patentability is appropriate. In respect to software patents, which is little more than mathematics and a form of art, that has been shown to be wholly inappropriate.